chris-belcher

If anybody is free to set up a Directory Server and have them spread by gossiping, then the system will be vulnerable to sybil attacks. An attacker could set up...

The solution to Directory Server sybil attacks using proof of age assumes that old guys can't be bad guys. The sybil attacker could create many Directory Server names and then...

If directory servers are mostly run by makers then we fall into the same old trap with incentive problems: https://github.com/JoinMarket-Org/joinmarket/issues/248#issuecomment-197547072 Market-makers-as-transport-peers have an incentive to censor their competitors offers, in...

> It would be fairly easy for Directory Servers to check if other Directory Servers refuse to include some or all external entries after having been notified about them and...

There was a productive discussion about this on IRC: http://gnusha.org/joinmarket/2021-02-18.log

This whole plan seems to rely on Tor hidden services right now. Back in January 2021 all tor v3 onions went down for a few days, reminding us that Tor...

I don't think fidelity bonds are appropriate for bisq. Bonds work well when one side is very long-running (on the timescale of months). This is because the bonds themselves generally...

Yes this could be a concern. Thanks for opening the issue. As you said it really depends on how many other people are using joinmarket at the same time. A...

Why does backward tracing work but forward tracing not work in your tests?

Thanks @PulpCattel. We really need more data on this issue I think. It would be good to figure out how long coinjoin outputs remain unspent for and therefore can you...