On 6/30/16, Erik Aronesty via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > I would like to see a PGP-like "web of trust" proposal for both the > security of the bitcoin network itself /and/ (eventually) of things like > transmission of bitcoin addresses. > > Something where nodes of any kind (full, spv, mobile wallets) can > /optionally/ accumulate trust over time and are capable of verifying the > identity of other nodes in that web. >
Isn't the system already functioning in this way already? Bitcoin exchanges and block explorers already have a reputation earned by so many years of serving the community. Their HTTPS certificate acts like a public/private key, and when your wallet makes a request to their server, the keys are automatically checked for validity by the underlying http library. _______________________________________________ bitcoin-dev mailing list bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
