{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"npub1xqshkqv2g7uea4xzqwvmgjcz7u8vfavw6aazs999v0azsv3w7u3qpymc2p","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub1xqshkqv2g7uea4xzqwvmgjcz7u8vfavw6aazs999v0azsv3w7u3qpymc2p","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"📅 Original date posted:2014-05-08\n📝 Original message:On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Mike Hearn \u003cmike at plan99.net\u003e wrote:\n\u003e\u003e In a way it looks similar to how the Bitcoin DNS seeds work, trying to\n\u003e\u003e find good and stable nodes, although more extensive.\n\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e Yeah, it's somewhat similar, except that Tor directory authorities are\n\u003e authenticated (the public keys are in the source code), whereas DNS seeds\n\u003e aren't. Also Bitcoin puts way more emphasis on decentralisation than Tor\n\u003e does.\n\nRight, having authenticated 'directory authorities' hardcoded in the\nsource code would be out of the question for bitcoin.\n\nEither the stats would have to be public, or private/authenticated to\nparties the owner of the node configures themselves.\n\nWladimir"}