Speed up the rate at which the feds can trace you. It is highly dangerous to use this configuration. First of all using 8 entry guards sticks out since nobody uses 8 entry guards. Second of all using 8 entry guards greatly increases the probability that one of them is owned by an attacker, since normally you only pick 3 entry guards. Third of all running as a relay degrades anonymity of the client in multiple ways. Fourth of all you really don't want to fuck with your torrc unless you *really* know what you are doing (OP does not), because making even slight changes to it can totally degrade your anonymity (as in this case). Tor gives you anonymity by letting you blend in with others, changing your configuration makes your Tor behave in ways that are different from others and can make you stick out from the crowd. Take your noobtips and shove them .