Re: [ANN][DASH] Dash (dash.org) | First Self-Funding Self-Governing Crypto Currency
a bump for Icebucket
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VI. CONCLUSION AND FORECAST
The proposed solution closes the continuously rising security gap most people are exposed to while
working with cryptocurrencies and computers at all. This is achieved by the usage of carefully selected
software, a dedicated step-by-step guide build on top of a security-privacy-centric approach and the
compilation of lots of additional background information for further studying.
The main benefits are the use of free and open-source software. There is no need to work with and
thereby trust closed-source software with also a price tag attached just like Microsoft Windows or Mac
OS X, etc. Because the solution is based entirely on Debian GNU/Linux, a free Linux distribution and
other free and open-source software which are all actively developed and reviewed by the research
community distributed all over the planet.
In addition to the privacy features already implemented in the DASH cryptocurrency, the user will be
anonymous online which is an important fact (if additional important security rules such as not
providing personal information, etc. are satisfied continuously) in terms of anonymizing network traffic
over Tor protecting against traffic analysis. This is guaranteed as long as the user works with Whonix
and Tails which are pre-configured to connect to the Internet over Tor exclusively. Therefore data leaks
such as user is connecting to the DASH network at date X, time Y and building connections with
DASH nodes K, L, M, ... caused by very different reasons leading to fundamental violation of privacy
are reduced drastically. From now on the DASH software can be utilized anonymously because the user
even hides the fact that he/she is using the DASH software behind Whonix which routes all network
traffic over Tor. In NOT doing so it is obvious to an adversary to figure out very easily what websites
the user visits on a regular basis, which programs on the target's machine interact with the Internet and
more generally speaking in what the user is interested in at all over long time periods. Gathering all this
information together can be used to de-anonymize and to target a specific user very easily.
The new MN will help to further stabilize, increase the security, increase the decentralization and
expand the two-tier DASH MN network.
The proposed solution closes the continuously rising security gap most people are exposed to while
working with cryptocurrencies and computers at all. This is achieved by the usage of carefully selected
software, a dedicated step-by-step guide build on top of a security-privacy-centric approach and the
compilation of lots of additional background information for further studying.
The main benefits are the use of free and open-source software. There is no need to work with and
thereby trust closed-source software with also a price tag attached just like Microsoft Windows or Mac
OS X, etc. Because the solution is based entirely on Debian GNU/Linux, a free Linux distribution and
other free and open-source software which are all actively developed and reviewed by the research
community distributed all over the planet.
In addition to the privacy features already implemented in the DASH cryptocurrency, the user will be
anonymous online which is an important fact (if additional important security rules such as not
providing personal information, etc. are satisfied continuously) in terms of anonymizing network traffic
over Tor protecting against traffic analysis. This is guaranteed as long as the user works with Whonix
and Tails which are pre-configured to connect to the Internet over Tor exclusively. Therefore data leaks
such as user is connecting to the DASH network at date X, time Y and building connections with
DASH nodes K, L, M, ... caused by very different reasons leading to fundamental violation of privacy
are reduced drastically. From now on the DASH software can be utilized anonymously because the user
even hides the fact that he/she is using the DASH software behind Whonix which routes all network
traffic over Tor. In NOT doing so it is obvious to an adversary to figure out very easily what websites
the user visits on a regular basis, which programs on the target's machine interact with the Internet and
more generally speaking in what the user is interested in at all over long time periods. Gathering all this
information together can be used to de-anonymize and to target a specific user very easily.
The new MN will help to further stabilize, increase the security, increase the decentralization and
expand the two-tier DASH MN network.
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This guide does not provide sufficient information about the setup of a Masternode (MN) server itself,
for further information refer to the Dash Forum [https://www.dash.org/forum/topic/masternode-
guides.66/]. Anyway the result is an additional MN in the two-tier DASH MN network by outsourcing
the setup of a secure remote Linux server to a skilled third party, called the Masternode-service-
provider (MNSP).
The main part of this guide describes the download and verification process of all necessary files and
consequently the setup of a secure and private OS in order to store the 1000 DASH deposit for the new
MN in a reasonably secure environment.
In addition the solution is not limited to the setup of a DASH MN local wallet exclusively. It is also
designed for a standard DASH local wallet setup (with no intention to setup a MN at all) or any other
cryptocurrency supporting the proposed solution.
This security paper will need a lot of evaluation and discussion from the community i think, so please discuss
