Not too far off. There's your discovery layer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kademlia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kademlia C&C: http://www.reddit.com/r/nets

Not too far off. There's your discovery layer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kademlia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kademlia C&C: http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/2pmmfu/using_the_blockchain_as_a_cc_for_a_botnet/ http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/2pmmfu/using_the_blo... Persistence Layer: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach Dissemination Layer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip_protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip_protocol Sprinkle in some AES and public / private keys for verification and you're done. Sequential list isn't needed. (well, all the robust & stealthy large systems engineering together with the low level exploit knowledge is probably a little too much for one person to pull it off, but for a Hacking Team or nation sized actor it's quite doable)