diff --git a/ch08.asciidoc b/ch08.asciidoc index 998c103f..1cf06dfd 100644 --- a/ch08.asciidoc +++ b/ch08.asciidoc @@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ As of January 2017, BIP-150 and BIP-151 are not implemented in Bitcoin Core. How BIP-150 and BIP-151 allow users to run SPV clients that connect to a trusted full node, using encryption and authentication to protect the privacy of the SPV client. - Additionally, authentication can be used to create networks of trusted bitcoin nodes and prevent Man-In-The-Middle attacks. Finally, peer-to-peer encryption, if deployed broadly, would strengthen the resistance of bitcoin to traffic analysis and privacy eroding surveillance, especially in totalitarian countries where Internet use is heavily controlled and monitored. +Additionally, authentication can be used to create networks of trusted bitcoin nodes and prevent Man-In-The-Middle attacks. Finally, peer-to-peer encryption, if deployed broadly, would strengthen the resistance of bitcoin to traffic analysis and privacy eroding surveillance, especially in totalitarian countries where Internet use is heavily controlled and monitored. BIP-150 (Peer Authentication):: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0150.mediawiki[https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0150.mediawiki]