{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"npub1l3sj8amnurgf3cu3p2hhcaham90khafc4vgsmymqdnn0k3kanulsghwq5p","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub1l3sj8amnurgf3cu3p2hhcaham90khafc4vgsmymqdnn0k3kanulsghwq5p","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"📅 Original date posted:2015-05-26\n📝 Original message:This is something you actually don't want. In order to make it as difficult\nas possible for an attacker to perform a sybil attack, you want to choose a\nset of peers that is as diverse, and unpredictable as possible.\n\n\nOn Mon, May 25, 2015 at 9:37 PM, Matt Whitlock \u003cbip at mattwhitlock.name\u003e\nwrote:\n\n\u003e This is very simple to do. Just ping the \"all nodes\" address (ff02::1) and\n\u003e try connecting to TCP port 8333 of each node that responds. Shouldn't take\n\u003e but more than a few milliseconds on any but the most densely populated LANs.\n\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e On Monday, 25 May 2015, at 11:06 pm, Jim Phillips wrote:\n\u003e \u003e Is there any work being done on using some kind of zero-conf service\n\u003e \u003e discovery protocol so that lightweight clients can find a full node on\n\u003e the\n\u003e \u003e same LAN to peer with rather than having to tie up WAN bandwidth?\n\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e I envision a future where lightweight devices within a home use SPV over\n\u003e \u003e WiFi to connect with a home server which in turn relays the transactions\n\u003e \u003e they create out to the larger and faster relays on the Internet.\n\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e In a situation where there are hundreds or thousands of small SPV devices\n\u003e \u003e in a single home (if 21, Inc. is successful) monitoring the blockchain,\n\u003e \u003e this could result in lower traffic across the slow WAN connection.  And\n\u003e \u003e yes, I realize it could potentially take a LOT of these devices before\n\u003e the\n\u003e \u003e total bandwidth is greater than downloading a full copy of the\n\u003e blockchain,\n\u003e \u003e but there's other reasons to host your own full node -- trust being one.\n\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e --\n\u003e \u003e *James G. Phillips IV*\n\u003e \u003e \u003chttps://plus.google.com/u/0/113107039501292625391/posts\u003e\n\u003e \u003e \u003chttp://www.linkedin.com/in/ergophobe\u003e\n\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e *\"Don't bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of\n\u003e immortals.\"\n\u003e \u003e -- David Ogilvy*\n\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e  *This message was created with 100% recycled electrons. Please think\n\u003e twice\n\u003e \u003e before printing.*\n\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\u003e One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud\n\u003e Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications\n\u003e Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights\n\u003e Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight.\n\u003e http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y\n\u003e _______________________________________________\n\u003e Bitcoin-development mailing list\n\u003e Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net\n\u003e https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development\n\u003e\n-------------- next part --------------\nAn HTML attachment was scrubbed...\nURL: \u003chttp://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20150525/1324d033/attachment.html\u003e"}