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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposal: Encrypt bitcoin messages
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On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Troy Benjegerdes <hozer@hozed.org> wrote:

>  they can hire a hacker who will
> find a misplaced (} in your crypto code, and all the work you did to
> encrypt wire protocols becomes silently worthless.
>

Not to mention encrypting basically non-sensitive inter-node traffic is
almost completely worthless in providing anonymity anyway...

Seriously, I have not heard a strong justification for this proposal yet. I
have heard some people talking about Tor-ifying communications, but that is
a completely different issue and should not be confused with just
"encrypting bitcoin messages".

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<div dir=3D"ltr">On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Troy Benjegerdes <span d=
ir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:hozer@hozed.org" target=3D"_blank">hozer@h=
ozed.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"=
gmail_quote">
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">=C2=A0they can hire a hacker who will<br>
find a misplaced (} in your crypto code, and all the work you did to<br>
encrypt wire protocols becomes silently worthless.<br></blockquote><div><br=
></div><div>Not to mention encrypting basically non-sensitive inter-node tr=
affic is almost completely worthless in providing anonymity anyway...=C2=A0=
</div>
<div><br></div><div>Seriously, I have not heard a strong justification for =
this proposal yet. I have heard some people talking about Tor-ifying commun=
ications, but that is a completely different issue and should not be confus=
ed with just &quot;encrypting bitcoin messages&quot;.</div>
</div></div></div>

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