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@chaeplin: thanks!


There it is again!  

I think this is slightly misleading. This isn't an attack on cryptocurrencies (i.e. not a cryptocurrency weakness) but could have (or has) been used for other fraudulent activity just as well.

Using SSL certificates to identify pools might help prevent mitm attacks though.

Don't think a false 15cent fine is gonna kill anyone. I can already see people whining about collaterals though, when they're trying to denominate using a GPRS-like connection.

Du willst wirklich etwas dafür haben, wenn Du jemandem 4,36€ leihst?

The collateral fee is "charged" when a client misbehaves, i.e. does not comply with the masternode mixing protocol. That is to ensure that (D)DoS attacks against the masternode network are a costly enterprise.

When you connect to a masternode you send it the signed collateral tx but the MN doesn't broadcast it to the network. Think of it as a deposit. If everything goes fine and you comply with the protocol, that signed tx is destroyed, so nothing happens. If your client does things that hurt the normal mode of operation the tx is broadcast to the network and you're "charged" the fee.

For non-malicious nodes this should hardly ever happen once everything is working as intended. Very flaky internet connections might be a problem though.

Testnet only! Do not use on main net!

Did you notice that the whitepaper has 1337 pages?

I love their whitepaper!

To me DZ just seems highly incompetent.

There are VPN providers that claim not to do that. Doesn't change the fact that you need to trust them.
I'm not claiming that everyone has bad intentions but that VPN isn't the holy grail of connecting to the internet and has weaknesses you have to be aware of. Nothing worse than a false sense of security.

That's a very very general statement.

I'm not being paranoid, I'm stating technical facts that should be considered. You're basically unfirewalling your network by using a VPN improperly!

VPNs don't do anything for you per-se. The difference is that on a VPN the entity you need to trust is the VPN provider rather than your ISP. I don't see how that's any better or different in terms of security or privacy.

Calling me paranoid for stating that just shows your lack of knowledge about the matter.

Just wanted to note, that by using any VPN you're deliberately putting yourself in a man-in-the-middle attack type of situation and the usage of non-HTTPS sites and non-SSL/TLS services should be highly discouraged! Also you're deliberately rendering any kind of firewalling that your local network provides ineffective and are potentially opening up your entire LAN to the world!

As I've brought it up and this seems to be a common misunderstanding: The world wide web aka "the web" (meaning actual web sites) does not equal "the internet" but is actually a service built on top of the internet which is merely a medium rather than something that you can interact with. Any cryptocurrency is not built on top of "the web" but on top of the internet. So it actually co-exists independently from the web and thus you can't reveal your identity on "the web" via any kind of coin.

This might seem like splitting hairs but I really can't help it right now. I find it frustrating that even people here know so little about the beauty of a system like the internet. Yes, I'm a geek.  

good point

Call it "inter web" again and I'll track you down and punch you in the face!   seriously! It is called the internet

But it seems you have a trolly day anyway.

Please call it internet. That's its name.

The nodes your wallet is connected to, gain knowledge of your payment from your machine first. So they can at least guess that it originated from your machine('s IP address). Of course your ISP knows which customer is assigned which IP address, so if you have access to that info or can gather other data that connects you and your IP address, your payment can be connected to your identity.

I suggest you visit wikipedia and check the Bitcoin article to see how cryptocurrencies work

Because denominating DRKs and then sending a part of those from the same IP address obviously hurts the privacy aspect.

People aren't spoon-fed with information over here, so to some it might appear as if nothing was happening in terms of development.

I tip my hat to you!