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124 sats \ 4 replies \ @Scoresby 2 Apr \ on: Stacker Saloon

Truth:

This person was running ~3000 full nodes for $2k/month

#1463982

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1 sat \ 3 replies \ @SimpleStacker 2 Apr

What's the risk hazard when one person is running many nodes?

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68 sats \ 2 replies \ @Scoresby 3 Apr

Eclipse attack is the first thing that comes to mind. If the only nodes my node makes a connection to are all run by the same person, that's very bad.

Even if your node isn't eclipsed, it might be the case that someone running a large percentage of the nodes on the network might be able to figure out where transactions originate from.

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103 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 3 Apr

Some interesting information from Claude, that I never thought about before:

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112 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 3 Apr

I see you're already on top of this! #1463911

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