Kruw on Nostr: Mining fees prevent sybil attacks, coordinator fees do not. Samourai's implementation ...
Mining fees prevent sybil attacks, coordinator fees do not.
Samourai's implementation subsidizes sybil attackers by having the attacker's mining fees paid for by the atrack victims, allowing the attacker to participate in deanonymization for completely free.
Published at
2023-03-03 03:50:19Event JSON
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