rich1.0npub1xqshkqv2g7uea4xzqwvmgjcz7u8vfavw6aazs999v0azsv3w7u3qpymc2phttps://nostr.ae/npub1xqshkqv2g7uea4xzqwvmgjcz7u8vfavw6aazs999v0azsv3w7u3qpymc2pnjumphttps://nostr.ae📅 Original date posted:2014-05-08 📝 Original message:On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Mike Hearn <mike at plan99.net> wrote: >> In a way it looks similar to how the Bitcoin DNS seeds work, trying to >> find good and stable nodes, although more extensive. > > > Yeah, it's somewhat similar, except that Tor directory authorities are > authenticated (the public keys are in the source code), whereas DNS seeds > aren't. Also Bitcoin puts way more emphasis on decentralisation than Tor > does. Right, having authenticated 'directory authorities' hardcoded in the source code would be out of the question for bitcoin. Either the stats would have to be public, or private/authenticated to parties the owner of the node configures themselves. Wladimir