0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cointastical 18 May 2022 \ parent \ on: Pieter Wuille | Private Authentication Protocols bitcoin
And another Tweet (by Murch, who reviewed the protocol paper) with a clear reason why this is needed:
No, this is more about "how can you make sure that your mobile phone is talking to your own node at home without standing out like a sore thumb": by everyone running an encrypted connection that looks like it might have run an authentication protocol. :)
https://twitter.com/murchandamus/status/1526748572011663361
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