Author: Raúl Martínez 2014-08-19 15:11:57
Published on: 2014-08-19T15:11:57+00:00
The conversation in the given context is about encrypting communications between peers in Bitcoin transactions. One person suggests that all communications should be encrypted by default, except for block packets to avoid increasing propagation time. They suggest that Bitcoin Core should generate a public/private key pair and share the public one with peers, which would provide privacy and integrity, but not authentication. This way, an attacker could not passively record all transactions sent or received by an IP address. Another person questions how each node would make use of the blockchain in an encrypted form if all messages were encrypted with an asymmetric cipher. The discussion revolves around the benefits and drawbacks of encrypting all Bitcoin transaction communications.
Updated on: 2023-06-09T02:15:25.033765+00:00