From: Peter Todd <pete@petertodd.org>
To: Justus Ranvier <justusranvier@riseup.net>,
Bitcoin Development <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposal: Encrypt bitcoin messages
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 20:57:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <38a13fbd-09e7-460e-9715-6d585f48f815@email.android.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53F3F07D.20409@riseup.net>
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On 19 August 2014 20:49:01 GMT-04:00, Justus Ranvier <justusranvier@riseup.net> wrote:
>On 08/20/2014 12:16 AM, Peter Todd wrote:
>> The easiest way to do this would be to make the Debian/Ubuntu
>> packages depend on Tor, and include a install-time script to setup
>> the hidden service. I've verified with the Tor devs that they would
>> welcome the additional load on the Tor network that Bitcoin would
>> add.
>
>The easiest way for the people who operates nodes would be to compile
>Tor into Bitcoin Core as a library so that it "just works" when turned
>on.
That library doesn't exist yet to my knowledge, and more importantly, would increase the attack surface of Bitcoin Core. (much like using OpenSSL for straight SSL support would)
Also, my proposal of adding Tor support to the Debian packages can be implemented in a relatively short install time script; no code changes required.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-20 0:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <CA+8=xuJ+YDTNjyDW7DvP8KPN_nrFWpE68HvLw6EokFa-B-QGKw@mail.gmail.com>
2014-08-19 9:49 ` [Bitcoin-development] Proposal: Encrypt bitcoin messages Raúl Martínez
[not found] ` <0C0EF7F9-DBBA-4872-897D-63CFA3853726@ricmoo.com>
2014-08-19 15:11 ` Raúl Martínez
2014-08-19 15:30 ` Richard Moore
2014-08-19 16:07 ` Justus Ranvier
2014-08-19 16:38 ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-08-19 16:58 ` Angel Leon
2014-08-19 17:19 ` Christophe Biocca
2014-08-19 17:35 ` Johnathan Corgan
2014-08-19 23:38 ` J Ross Nicoll
2014-08-19 23:39 ` Justus Ranvier
2014-08-19 23:54 ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-08-19 23:40 ` Jeff Garzik
2014-08-20 0:16 ` Peter Todd
2014-08-20 0:21 ` Jeff Garzik
2014-08-20 0:41 ` Peter Todd
2014-08-20 0:59 ` William Yager
2014-08-20 1:14 ` Peter Todd
2014-08-20 1:19 ` William Yager
2014-08-20 1:27 ` Peter Todd
2014-08-20 0:49 ` Justus Ranvier
2014-08-20 0:57 ` Peter Todd [this message]
2014-08-23 16:17 ` xor
2014-08-23 16:50 ` Justus Ranvier
2014-08-23 17:50 ` Troy Benjegerdes
2014-08-23 18:22 ` William Yager
2014-08-23 18:44 ` Mike Hearn
2014-08-23 19:02 ` Luke Dashjr
2014-08-23 22:51 ` Peter Todd
[not found] <c45a638f1e1640fe84bef01d12cda4c3@hotmail.com>
2014-08-20 3:23 ` Un Ix
2014-08-20 5:40 ` Cameron Garnham
2014-08-20 14:37 ` Mike Hearn
2014-08-23 6:39 ` Troy Benjegerdes
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