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‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Saturday, June 6, 2020 10:17 AM, Karl <gmk...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 5, 2020, 7:29 PM other.arkitech <other.arkit...@protonmail.com> > wrote: > >>> so your system doesn't have a bloated chain, which is nice. The 'consensus' >>> is handled by voting...based one IP address one vote. But how robust is >>> relying on IP addresses at the end of the day? >>> >> >> IPv4 provides unique features no other protocol has. address space is >> saturated (scarce) and addresses are not cheap. It is a a nice tool for >> Sybil control > > OA, when you say this people start disregarding what you say because it is > false. > > Any software developer can get thousands of IP addresses by altering a piece > of pirated software to include something new of their own design and sharing > it in a venue where it hasn't been shared on before. There are many many > other ways and people _think_ of them, _use_ them, are _observed_ using them, > and things spread and grow. what? any developer geting thousands of public IPv4 addresses by modifying software? Nop. That's not true. (Or I haven't understood well what you say) > Relying on IPv4 scarcity is great because it makes it a lot harder to > compromise that aspect of the network for the _average_ person. And your > software is small so nobody is going to try to compromise it for any serious > reason. If it is a valuable idea, then once it is open source people will > discuss and fix security vulnerabilites, but you should be aware that they > exist so you can relate around them. Yes, I hope a public review of the code will catch a few impl glitches, hopefully not any affecting the design
