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I ran a relay too way, way back in the day and I remember almost a third of the sites I used blacklisted my IP address within days. It wasn't cool.
I ended up shutting it down, resetting my cable modem, and spoofing a new MAC address on my router to get a new IP address to get everything working again.
Using a VPN is smarter. I wouldn't run that on IPv6 whatsoever.
Why not on IPv6? If you received a /64 from your ISP and pick only one IPv6 for Tor, I don't see what the issue would be...
Personally, I think IPv6 is not a good choice for any service you don't want associated with a specific device. As I understand it, the prefix delegation comes from the ISP, but often the interface ID is derived from the machine's MAC address which is a link to specific machine hardware, can reveal information about the host, and possibly deanonymoized across networks.
I'd stick with IPv4 because NAT gives a tad more anonymity. Just my $0.02 though.
I understand your position better, indeed. Thanks for taking the time to explain! You'll be happy to learn that what you describe, EUI-64, is not the only way to generate an IPv6 address. The router will give you the prefix in any case, but there is the Stable Privacy Addresses scheme if you want the link-local part generated automatically, and you can set up a static IPv6 address (or several) on your machine, and the router will just have to shut up and deal it to you (for the local part, the prefix is still coming from the ISP)
I am hosting a high speed relay right now, and have been for 4+ years, on my home address. I am not getting attacked beyond the usual drivebys that I'd get hit with regardless because I host other outward-facing things.
You do look suspicious to large social media sites, but besides those: I've never been blocked from somewhere due to my relay.
That's good news! It would be great if relays made it difficult to be targeted. I last tinkered with TOR almost... Jeez!... 20 years ago haha!