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M.Hearn adds privacy depriority to Bitcoin XT, calls your Tor/Proxy/etc use "unimportant"
- To: grarpamp <[email protected]>
- Subject: M.Hearn adds privacy depriority to Bitcoin XT, calls your Tor/Proxy/etc use "unimportant"
- From: [email protected] (Brenda Fernández)
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 13:35:14 -0300
- Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
- In-reply-to: <CAD2Ti2-BVgv+KEPwYytJr_GgfvPRv0is+ZjR2WYev7R_0q3jsA@mail.gmail.com>
- References: <CAD2Ti2-BVgv+KEPwYytJr_GgfvPRv0is+ZjR2WYev7R_0q3jsA@mail.gmail.com>
Because the XT stands for nsa-eXTensions.
No really, Hearn is a joke, has been consistently working to weaken bitcoin
since 2013.
In any case nobody gives a dime about XT:
https://bitbet.us/bet/1191/the-hearn-gavin-scamcoin-will-fizzle-in-2016/
But they are still trying to push the hardfork and other assorted shit in
BIP100/BIP101 etc.
On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 11:07 PM, grarpamp <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2015-August/010379.html
>
> https://github.com/bitcoinxt/bitcoinxt/commit/73c9efe74c5cc8faea9c2b2c785a2f5b68aa4c23
>
> Bitcoin XT contains an unmentioned addition which periodically downloads
> lists of Tor IP addresses for blacklisting, this has considerable privacy
> implications for hapless users which are being prompted to use the
> software. The feature is not clearly described, is enabled by default,
> and has a switch name which intentionally downplays what it is doing
> (disableipprio). Furthermore these claimed anti-DoS measures are
> trivially bypassed and so offer absolutely no protection whatsoever.
> ...
>
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