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Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 324 (BIP-324) would add https-like security to Bitcoin. Specifically, the proposal formalizes a way to prevent private metadata from leaking with regular Bitcoin transactions. If adopted, BIP-324 could improve privacy for millions of people.
Today, Bitcoin users broadcast transactions over unencrypted, unauthenticated connections. Because the data in Bitcoin’s mempool (the way in which information is stored on transactions that have been verified but not yet included in the blockchain) is plain text, eavesdroppers can identify counterparties, detect connections, and even tamper with certain bytes of a connection, such as node flags.
To seal these leaky connections and introduce authenticated connections to Bitcoin, BIP-324 promises to protect users from man-in-the-middle attacks

Thanks a lot!

Solid explanation. This BIP is low risk and adds real, meaningful guarantees. No brainer. Excited to see adoption over the coming years.

Qual o tamanho que cada bloco ficaria? dependendo do tamanho o número de nodes diminuiriam não? E não sei se isso é bom ou ruim 🤔

@stratospher (bird app) walked everyone through this in Bitcoin4India's tech stream last year

This is an important BIP and has been long in the designing, building and testing - fantastic news to see this merged!

I think you mean @spherostrat on the bird app

Thanks @murch .. i did indeed!

Security is paramount so kudos to the merge

LFG

It's all about privacy for me and with this integration, it can be achieved