880 sats \ 3 replies \ @davidw 3 Oct 2023 \ on: BIP324 integration by sipa (merged) bitcoin
Here’s a great explainer of what BIP-324 offers (as I found myself asking that Q): https://protos.com/bip-324-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-bitcoin-proposal/
  • 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
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @Zepasta 3 Oct 2023
Thanks a lot!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @broadmode 3 Oct 2023
Solid explanation. This BIP is low risk and adds real, meaningful guarantees. No brainer. Excited to see adoption over the coming years.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satoshizando 3 Oct 2023 freebie
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 🤔