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http://bullbearanalytics.com/2014/09/23/whats-going-monero/
The above web page has an error in their summary of events: the (not yet verified by simulation) attack I proposed for unmasking the anonymity of some (not all) of the rings would not require the attacker to own any of the inputs to the rings.
It is not yet known how effective my algorithm is, i.e. what % of the rings would be unmasked and whether the computation would even be feasible on known levels of computing power. If the attacker Sybil attacks the inputs, then the effectiveness probably increases and the potential mitigation probably weakens. But we don't know any thing for sure and we haven't quantified it. All we have now is I showed some pseudocode for how it might be possible and it is impossible from looking at the algorithm to determine if it will be very effective or not. We can hope once we have a simulation it will provide some insight into the quantification of the effectiveness of a Sybil attack on the anonymity.
The above web page has an error in their summary of events: the (not yet verified by simulation) attack I proposed for unmasking the anonymity of some (not all) of the rings would not require the attacker to own any of the inputs to the rings.
It is not yet known how effective my algorithm is, i.e. what % of the rings would be unmasked and whether the computation would even be feasible on known levels of computing power. If the attacker Sybil attacks the inputs, then the effectiveness probably increases and the potential mitigation probably weakens. But we don't know any thing for sure and we haven't quantified it. All we have now is I showed some pseudocode for how it might be possible and it is impossible from looking at the algorithm to determine if it will be very effective or not. We can hope once we have a simulation it will provide some insight into the quantification of the effectiveness of a Sybil attack on the anonymity.
Co-author of the linked post here. Thanks for pointing that out, I'll make an edit to reflect the info you provided here.
If you are editing, you might consider replacing 'levity' with 'gravity' in your "THE THREAT" section? I think it may have been what you meant.
I certainly did sir. Post updated. Much appreciated.
