On Wed, 2014-01-15 at 23:51 +0100, Mike Hearn wrote: ... > 3) SPV wallets that want to get a good mix of nodes for measuring > pending transactions identify nodes on the clearnet via their addr > announcements+service flag, in the normal way. They select some of > these nodes using the standard clearnet anti-sybil heuristics and > connect without using Tor. They proceed to query them for their hidden
The SPV node could connect to the IP using Tor. It would preserve the privacy of the SPV node - hard to see it's running Bitcoin. It also reduces the ability of an attacker to MITM because the routing varies with each exit node. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
