Why Nostr? What is Njump?
2023-06-07 15:25:00
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Luke Dashjr [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2014-08-08 📝 Original message:On Friday, August 08, 2014 ...

📅 Original date posted:2014-08-08
📝 Original message:On Friday, August 08, 2014 6:21:18 PM Jeff Garzik wrote:
> gmaxwell noted on IRC that enabling TLS could be functionally, if not
> literally, a DoS on the pool servers. Hence the thought towards a
> more lightweight method that simply prevents client payout redirection
> + server impersonation.

My thought for GBT2 a while ago was to use simple ECDSA signatures for
messages. It'd be nice to use the same as Bitcoin, but then we'd hit problems
with RedHat/Fedora legal being stupid. :(

Luke
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