Topic: can an alphabet agency compromise a master node system and spy on a coin? (Read 140 times)
February 17, 2018, 10:46:35 PM
I think this is why some coins are going with a different approach, something called a notary node system where the node holders are elected into the position. This makes it much harder to compromise. My understanding of notary nodes is limited so I may be wrong.
February 17, 2018, 12:19:58 PM
If the alphabet agencies bought 95% of all master nodes for a coin, could they spy on transactions from the network? For example, ABC coins offers privacy and all the bells and whistles, an alphabet agency buys %95 of nodes and now, they pretty much are the network
im asking because every new coin that comes out, is a node coin, and the node coins take miner rewards, but isnt a node centralized? A static IP somewhere?
my cellular connection is dynamic; but its bound to a static DNS.... not hard to make something appear and function as if it was static.im asking because every new coin that comes out, is a node coin, and the node coins take miner rewards, but isnt a node centralized? A static IP somewhere?
nothing is stopping them from controlling the nodes; yes; assuming they salt them across the internet physically.
So a node is totally unsecure because it can be compromised with money. And not only that once compromised makes every transaction unsecure because it can spy
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February 13, 2018, 09:18:37 PM
If the alphabet agencies bought 95% of all master nodes for a coin, could they spy on transactions from the network? For example, ABC coins offers privacy and all the bells and whistles, an alphabet agency buys %95 of nodes and now, they pretty much are the network
im asking because every new coin that comes out, is a node coin, and the node coins take miner rewards, but isnt a node centralized? A static IP somewhere?
my cellular connection is dynamic; but its bound to a static DNS.... not hard to make something appear and function as if it was static.im asking because every new coin that comes out, is a node coin, and the node coins take miner rewards, but isnt a node centralized? A static IP somewhere?
nothing is stopping them from controlling the nodes; yes; assuming they salt them across the internet physically.
February 13, 2018, 08:10:42 PM
If the alphabet agencies bought 95% of all master nodes for a coin, could they spy on transactions from the network? For example, ABC coins offers privacy and all the bells and whistles, an alphabet agency buys %95 of nodes and now, they pretty much are the network
im asking because every new coin that comes out, is a node coin, and the node coins take miner rewards, but isnt a node centralized? A static IP somewhere?
im asking because every new coin that comes out, is a node coin, and the node coins take miner rewards, but isnt a node centralized? A static IP somewhere?
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