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On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 06:45:58PM +0200, Eric Voskuil via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> > then we should definitively use a form of end-to-end encryption between
> > nodes. Built into the network layer.
>
> Widespread application of this model is potentially problematic. It is a
> non-trivial problem to design a distributed system that requires authentication
> but without identity and without central control. In fact this may be more
> challenging than Bitcoin itself. Trust on first use (TOFU) does not solve this
> problem.
Maybe the following paper can feed into this discussion:
"Decentralized Anonymous Credentials" by Christina Garman, Matthew Green, Ian Miers
https://eprint.iacr.org/2013/622.pdf
Alfie
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