Author: Jeff Garzik 2014-08-08 03:18:47
Published on: 2014-08-08T03:18:47+00:00
The context discusses the need for protection in Bitcoin mining traffic. The use of SSL and certificate validation on the client side is suggested as a form of protection, but it is noted that certificate revocation and updates can be difficult. This leads to many pools opting out of using this method of protection. The conversation also touches upon the issue of intercepting miner traffic through the BGP protocol, which has been previously addressed by BFGMiner and Eloipool. However, no Bitcoin pools have deployed these measures yet. The impact of such interception is not fully understood, and there are no known cases of it being used against Bitcoin specifically. The conversation involves various Bitcoin developers and open source evangelists discussing the best ways to protect Bitcoin mining traffic.
Updated on: 2023-06-09T01:59:54.048656+00:00