Quote from: AnonyMint on July 29, 2014, 07:18:55 AM

Quote from: smooth on July 29, 2014, 07:03:54 AM

Quote from: AnonyMint on July 29, 2014, 06:41:36 AM

Sybil attack on masternodes (even if unlikely?)

You don't need to resort to power law wealth for masternodes to be Sybil attacked. If they are an investment that is priced for a market return then someone who wants to also use them to spy has a competitive advantage. That being the case one should expect that every masternode in a competitive market is secretly spying. Similar to your argument about who is providing Tor bandwidth for free.

I doubt they would "destroy their investment" by spying, as with all intelligence sources the spying would be kept secret in order to protect its value.

That is more lucid than my and your prior attempts to explain that upthread. I'm a bit cross-eyed at the moment. Did 21 hours straight on Saturday...

But the thing is, look at the masternode distribution, you don't really need a sophisticated attack - a simple email to amazon, ovh and do from the FBI and they have access to 90% of them.