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Attackers can't control which nodes you connect to. The Satoshi client's node discover behavior is described here: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Satoshi_Client_Nod
by marcell 13y ago
Attackers can't control which nodes you connect to. The Satoshi client's node discover behavior is described here: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Satoshi_Client_Node_Discovery https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Satoshi_Client_Node_Discovery.
This blog post is pretty bad, and I suspect the author doesn't actually understand how bitcoin works. The part where the author says "the other 45 in the network know your real amount" implies some sort of voting mechanism, which is not how bitcoin works. This Youtube video is a much better explanation of the technical aspects of bitcoin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx9zgZCMqXE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx9zgZCMqXE
- sktrdie 13y agoThe client tries to be as diverse as possible when it comes to connecting to other nodes, but the state where you're only connected to attackers should not be avoid. That's what I was trying to explain in the post. > "the other 45 in the network know your real amount" implies some sort of voting mechanism, which is not how bitcoin works. Sorry I wasn't implying a voting mechanism. Simply that your account information is controlled by whomever has the majority of the computing power in the network.