Re: [Bitcoin-development] Anyone still using SOCKS4?

2014-07-06 Thread Wladimir
On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Odinn Cyberguerrilla wrote: > Wait, I thought SOCKS4 was supposed to help somehow in terms of prevention > of leaking of information? SOCKS4a (unlike SOCKS4) supports doing DNS lookups on the server, but it is not supported by bitcoin core. So it is not part of thi

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Anyone still using SOCKS4?

2014-07-06 Thread Odinn Cyberguerrilla
Wait, I thought SOCKS4 was supposed to help somehow in terms of prevention of leaking of information? Or maybe I am misremembering. Here's what I'm thinking of... 1) https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/Preventing_Tor_DNS_Leaks 2) More regarding TOR, " I keep seeing these warnings

Re: [Bitcoin-development] ASIC-proof mining

2014-07-06 Thread Odinn Cyberguerrilla
Just as an aside to this lengthy convo, the Cryptonote-based BCN recently had some interesting updates which made it easier for ordinary computers (nothing special) to handle it. I realize that's not Bitcoin, but I thought I'd throw it out there. > Thanks Mike. > > Indeed, I am aware of current a

Re: [Bitcoin-development] ASIC-proof mining

2014-07-06 Thread Randi Joseph
Thanks Mike. Indeed, I am aware of current approach, which is why I was suggesting this as an alternative. I haven't thought about it enough, and perhaps it was too radical a rethinking - just wanted to see what the smarter minds thought. Thanks again. -Randi On 7/5/14, 4:43 AM, Mike Hearn