👉 Onion computing is a sophisticated method of data transmission and security that borrows concepts from onion routing, popularized by the Tor network. In essence, it involves encapsulating data within multiple layers of encryption and routing it through a series of intermediary nodes, each of which only knows the previous and next node in the chain. This layered approach ensures that no single node can see the entire path or content of the data being transmitted, thus providing strong anonymity and security. Each layer of encryption is peeled off sequentially by the corresponding intermediary node, revealing only the next hop in the path. This multi-layered encryption and routing mechanism makes it extremely difficult for anyone to trace the origin or destination of the data, protecting users from surveillance and interception. Onion computing is widely used in secure communications, protecting sensitive information in various applications from personal messaging to corporate data transfers.
