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Maybe that would stop this specific malware, but I'm guessing they could adapt and start incorporating a lightweight (SPV) node which can connect to the P2P bit
by wizeman 6y ago
Maybe that would stop this specific malware, but I'm guessing they could adapt and start incorporating a lightweight (SPV) node which can connect to the P2P bitcoin network and keep track of the transactions associated with a specific address without downloading the blockchain (except for the block headers and the transactions you are interested in, mostly).
- theamk 6y agoYou mean like DHT, distributed hash table? You don’t need bitcoin for this, just bittorrent. Already done at least in 2016: https://www.cyber.nj.gov/threat-center/threat-profiles/botnet-variants/hajime-botnet https://www.cyber.nj.gov/threat-center/threat-profiles/botne... I do not see what new functionality will bitcoin bring to this.
- mkj 6y agoWith bitcoin noone will want to change existing history because that's a forked chain, loss of value for lots of people. With bittorrent you could possibly convince all the hosts to get rid of some malware information which isn't adding much value. That DHT malware link's interesting, thanks.