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The network is a collection of relays and relays are free to permit - or reject - what they want. You can’t saturate a protocol. You can saturate a given relay
by unboxingelf 3y ago
The network is a collection of relays and relays are free to permit - or reject - what they want. You can’t saturate a protocol. You can saturate a given relay (server).
It’s uncharted in the protocol. The protocol has nothing to with crypto other than 1) it depends on cryptography and 2) there is an event type that cares about bitcoin lightning payment receipts.
- troupo 3y ago> You can’t saturate a protocol. You can saturate a given relay (server). Here's what I said, verbatim: "then you can trivially saturate the network, the clients, and the relays with bogus events." What are you arguing against?
- unboxingelf 3y agoYou are implying there is a singular network. There are a collection of relays on the internet. Each relay has it’s own business rules and may or may not accept your events. Each client may support some type of events. Explain to me how you trivially saturate this protocol. That’s like saying you can trivially saturate TCP/IP by broadcasting packets.
- troupo 3y ago> Each relay has it’s own business rules and may or may not accept your events. Each client may support some type of events. Even if they don't accept your events, you can still trivially saturate their bandwidth and processing. > Explain to me how you trivially saturate this protocol. Explain to me why you keep pretending I said anything about saturating the protocol > That’s like saying you can trivially saturate TCP/IP by broadcasting packets. And yet DDOS exists. Things like TCP tuning to avoid network congestion exist.