Re: [Bitcoin-development] Cartographer

2014-12-29 Thread Mistr Bigs
As an outside observer, I have to say I also found Peter's sardonic message tone inappropriate for furthering the discussion. -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Deanonymisation of clients in Bitcoin P2P network paper

2014-11-27 Thread Mistr Bigs
I might be mistaken, but it seems to me this paper discusses unintended ways of obtaining the IP addresses of clients involved in transactions on the core Bitcoin network. Tor was mentioned only insofar as it might be one's first thought of how to mitigate this risk, yet Bitcoin over Tor has its

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Deanonymisation of clients in Bitcoin P2P network paper

2014-11-27 Thread Mistr Bigs
That's what I was trying to say... The researchers are deanonymizing transactions from non-Tor connected hosts. So why are we talking about Tor limitations in response to this? Shouldn't we be discussing how to address the issues in Bitcoin proper? M On 11/27/2014 9:30 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote:

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposals for improving Bitcoin mining decentralization

2014-06-17 Thread Mistr Bigs
I have been surprised by the lack of discussion of this topic here! On 6/17/2014 10:57 AM, Raúl Martínez wrote: We all know the recent news, Ghash pool controlling 51% of the hashrate. While some consider it a threat others think that is not harmful. The thing is that we have to do something to