this is the best update i've seen yet. very exciting!
is it safe to say that darksend+ is better than ring signature level anon and without all the bloat?
and the question everyones asking is how much extra bloat will this cause if hardly any? 90% less than cryptonote coins?
Not yet, but it will be. There still exists a chance that a bad actor could own 2 nodes that were both selected at the same time and could see where the transactions go. With IP obfuscation this won't be an issue because you can just use multiple Darksend rounds if you are really paranoid. Also, currently there is no point in using multiple rounds of Darksend because the chance always exists that 2 nodes will be owned by the same bad actor on the last Darksend. With IP obfuscation the link will be broken entirely on previous Darksends, making piecing together the current transaction impossible.