📰 TLDR Newsletter – June 9 to June 16
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1- Highlights
– 🚨 Sybil Attack on Libre Relay
Peter Todd revealed a sybil attack targeting Libre Relay nodes to block txs and raise costs for honest relays. Manual peering and Bitcoin Core’s feeler node system are potential defenses.
– 🔗 Well-Known Bitcoin Identity Endpoint
Aviv Bar-el proposed a draft BIP to enable HTTPS-based discovery of Bitcoin contact/payment info, building on the Lightning Address model.
– 🧬 Post-Quantum Commit/Reveal Proposal
Tadge Dryja floated a soft fork idea using commit/reveal to prep Bitcoin for quantum threats without jumping straight to PQ sigs.
2- Recent Threads
- Censorship Resistant Transaction Relay - Taking out the garbage(man)
Bitcoin-dev | 🗣️ Peter Todd, John Carvalho
- Sybil attack launched on Libre Relay nodes.
- Mitigation via Bitcoin Core's feeler node system.
- Manual peering with trusted nodes proposed.
- Post-Quantum commit / reveal Fawkescoin variant as a soft fork
Bitcoin-dev | 🗣️ Tadge Dryja, Nagaev Boris, Sergio Demian Lerner
- PQ cryptography integration discussed.
- Soft fork with commit/reveal scheme proposed.
- Sybil resistance in coinjoin implementations
Delving Bitcoin | 🗣️ 1440000bytes, securitybrahh
- Joinmarket uses fidelity bonds to combat sybil attacks.
- JoinStr adds aut-ct proofs and optional bonds for flexibility.
3- Active Discussions
- Against Allowing Quantum Recovery of Bitcoin
Bitcoin-dev | 🗣️ Agustin Cruz, Jameson Lopp, Sjors Provoost +6
- QRAMP proposal: Optional PQ keys → soft fork → deactivation of vulnerable outputs.
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