We Need To Encrypt The Peer-To-Peer Layer Of Bitcoin For Privacy

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We Need To Encrypt The Peer-To-Peer Layer Of Bitcoin For Privacy

By making traffic between network peers encrypted, Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 324 can improve privacy by hiding node locations and other private data.

以下是 Marty's Bent Issue 的直接摘录 #1231: “BIP 324 would bring encryption to bitcoin's P2P layer and it needs some review.= 在此处注册新闻通讯.

Visualizing how encrypting data can obfuscate network connections via bip324.com

As some of you freaks may be aware, Bitcoin is by no means a perfect system. Satoshi Nakamoto launched the protocol in January 2009, and gifted the world with a sly, roundabout way to take money out of the hands of the government so that we can get back to an economic system built on truly free markets and an accurate pricing mechanism. However, that doesn't mean Nakamoto was infallible. There are aspects of Bitcoin that can be significantly improved. One of those aspects is privacy at the peer-to-peer layer where transactions are broadcast and propagated.

自成立以来,网络上的对等点一直使用未加密的连接相互通信。 这种类型的通信使点对点层的网络参与者容易受到中间人攻击,其中恶意行为者(如政府)可以坐在网络顶部并识别节点在哪里运行以及哪个节点在运行广播哪个交易。 事实上,在一份由美国国防高级研究计划局 (DARPA) 外包并于上周发布的报告中。 研究人员(他们的报告充满了许多不准确之处)确实正确地强调了这一不足,并将其确定为恶意行为者可以攻击网络的途径。

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This is a critical attack vector that could be made significantly more secure by making it so traffic between peers is encrypted. Luckily for us, there is Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP)324, which would do just this. BIP324 has been around for many years, but hasn't been merged and set live at the peer-to-peer layer yet. However, earlier today, Bitcoin core maintainer Wladimir van der Laan 采取了Twitter 向 BIP324 发出信号,并向其他开发人员发出号召性用语,以审查长期处于空闲状态的拉取请求 (PR)。 似乎这个 BIP 被忽视了,可以用一些爱。

Let this rag serve as a signal boost of van der Laan’s signal boost. If you are a developer who is interested in making the Bitcoin network more private and less susceptible to somewhat trivial attacks at the peer-to-peer layer, give these PRs some love by giving them a review and some feedback. Review is necessary to get the network closer to implementing better privacy tech into the bitcoin stack (if that review deems it acceptable and worthy), so let's push this issue forward.

虽然每个人和他们的母亲都专注于该领域最新的信用爆炸,但现在可能是回归基础并通过使其更加私密和安全来推动底层协议价值的好时机。 

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