Re: The Pros and Cons to Cloakcoin and Darkcoin, lets discuss them.
You're right that it's quite possible to DDOS any coin's nodes like this.
However it'll take up massively more resources to DDOS XC nodes with any noticeable severity, since every single node is a "masternode". The number of nodes an attacker would need to control is proportionally huge.
However it'll take up massively more resources to DDOS XC nodes with any noticeable severity, since every single node is a "masternode". The number of nodes an attacker would need to control is proportionally huge.
Disagree. Not every XC user will run their wallet 24/7 - how many nodes are there right now? There are 800+ DRK masternodes running 24/7 atm.
Even though some people are running DRK masternodes in their home computers behind adsl or cable connections, most of them are still on dedicated servers or clouds that have gigabit connections. I would imagine it is completely opposite in XC's case. It doesn't take much to ddos someones laptop running on dsl or 3g phone.
Obviously this is not easily quantifiable, but the bolded part is just not true imo.
There'll be absolutely masses of running nodes on XC's network.
Because of XChat:
