And a serious question to Evan.
Would it be possible to extend the # of participating MNs via a configurable user option to enhance anonymity past Ring Sig levels?
MN = 0 ; Normal Transaction
MN = 1 ; Current mode
MN = 2 ; Darksend+
MN = 3 ; Darksend++
MN = 4 ; Good luck NSA
MN = 5 ; OKTHXBAI
Are we concerned about bloat in this case? Too complicated for average Joe to use in GUI?
Yes it's possible. No, the way he would do it wouldn't cause a lot of bloat. Nor would it complicate the UI.
WOW! Sorry if this was supposed to come as an announcement later as we have not seen anonymity "levels" configurable option discussed before, but thanks for the reply. That changes everything as far as transaction obfuscation was compared to CN/Ring Sigs. I think I do remember however that Evan decided to stay away from a Ring Sig port, must have been due to bloating concerns.
Similar comment, but, with an addition that I think an additional fee should be due for super-deep anon. The added fee also helps obfuscate since it makes the input and output not match up even more. Pay this to the MNs explicitly? Since the miners aren't the ones making it happen?
Masternode concept is awesome. Beats the hell out of any PoSA notion for this reason alone.