Jeff Garzik [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: š Original date posted:2011-06-13 šļø Summary of this message: A proposal to ...
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Original date posted:2011-06-13
šļø Summary of this message: A proposal to adopt BitTorrent tracker bootstrapping for Bitcoin nodes was discussed, but concerns were raised about potential vulnerabilities and Sybil attacks on DHTs.
š Original message:On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:55 AM, Christian Decker
<decker.christian at gmail.com> wrote:
> We have quite a few bootstrapping mechanisms, starting with the overly
> complex (IMHO) IRC bootstrapping, which is often suspected as bot-activity.
> Then we have a few hardcoded nodes and some fallback nodes. I was wondering
> why we didn't adopt BitTorrent tracker bootstrapping until now? It's
> basically all it does. Given a hash (SHA1 hash of the genesis bloc would be
> nice ^^) it gives you a list of other nodes with the same hash.
It seems to offer few benefits over DNS seeding, while potentially
potentially creating a vulnerable hot spot in the DHT. Sybil attacks
on DHTs are well documented.
--
Jeff Garzik
exMULTI, Inc.
jgarzik at exmulti.com
šļø Summary of this message: A proposal to adopt BitTorrent tracker bootstrapping for Bitcoin nodes was discussed, but concerns were raised about potential vulnerabilities and Sybil attacks on DHTs.
š Original message:On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:55 AM, Christian Decker
<decker.christian at gmail.com> wrote:
> We have quite a few bootstrapping mechanisms, starting with the overly
> complex (IMHO) IRC bootstrapping, which is often suspected as bot-activity.
> Then we have a few hardcoded nodes and some fallback nodes. I was wondering
> why we didn't adopt BitTorrent tracker bootstrapping until now? It's
> basically all it does. Given a hash (SHA1 hash of the genesis bloc would be
> nice ^^) it gives you a list of other nodes with the same hash.
It seems to offer few benefits over DNS seeding, while potentially
potentially creating a vulnerable hot spot in the DHT. Sybil attacks
on DHTs are well documented.
--
Jeff Garzik
exMULTI, Inc.
jgarzik at exmulti.com