This is the exact problem solved by onion-routing. The first node is called "Guard" for a reason, it can directly monitor all incoming connection to the network, but if onion-routing is used and the system is properly…
> You already have to operate as if an exit node could be bad, it's not that different. Tor's anonymity is guaranteed by its probability and temporary nature of exit nodes. Every Tor client uses the same algorithm to…
> Buy some Bitcoin, and then mix two or three times. Simply exchange them to Monero. If you want, mix them, but only a single pass is needed. A mixer is a trusted 3rd-party, which introduces serious counterparty risk,…
Thanks again! Please mail to https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?search=0xafb8546e8c884a41ae0c... if you are going to send me something. ;-)
Do you have related writings or presentations on your hands? If so, could you please publish them online? I'd love to see some details of your critique, especially, what is the problem of Vanguardism?
Insightful comment, thank you! I would like further to say, as I said in another comment, Cyphernomicon is one of the most valuable document worth to read, an amazing collecting of farseeing ideas. The widespread of…
I think the major mistakes of the early Cypherpunks include the following. If we want to go forward, these problems must be solved. (a) informal approach to cryptography, the entire applied cryptography from late 1990s…
Cypherpunks, were also the root of many, if not all, security and cryptography tools and projects used by everyone today. You name it, it’s probably has a cypherpunk personally involved, or derived from a cypherpunk…
The end of an age. RIP, Tim. Cypherpunk Movement, leaded by Tim May is an established ideology and movement since the late 80s. At the time, they were the most prominent supporters of individual privacy and digital…
This is the exact problem solved by onion-routing. The first node is called "Guard" for a reason, it can directly monitor all incoming connection to the network, but if onion-routing is used and the system is properly…
> You already have to operate as if an exit node could be bad, it's not that different. Tor's anonymity is guaranteed by its probability and temporary nature of exit nodes. Every Tor client uses the same algorithm to…
> Buy some Bitcoin, and then mix two or three times. Simply exchange them to Monero. If you want, mix them, but only a single pass is needed. A mixer is a trusted 3rd-party, which introduces serious counterparty risk,…
Thanks again! Please mail to https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?search=0xafb8546e8c884a41ae0c... if you are going to send me something. ;-)
Do you have related writings or presentations on your hands? If so, could you please publish them online? I'd love to see some details of your critique, especially, what is the problem of Vanguardism?
Insightful comment, thank you! I would like further to say, as I said in another comment, Cyphernomicon is one of the most valuable document worth to read, an amazing collecting of farseeing ideas. The widespread of…
I think the major mistakes of the early Cypherpunks include the following. If we want to go forward, these problems must be solved. (a) informal approach to cryptography, the entire applied cryptography from late 1990s…
Cypherpunks, were also the root of many, if not all, security and cryptography tools and projects used by everyone today. You name it, it’s probably has a cypherpunk personally involved, or derived from a cypherpunk…
The end of an age. RIP, Tim. Cypherpunk Movement, leaded by Tim May is an established ideology and movement since the late 80s. At the time, they were the most prominent supporters of individual privacy and digital…