you need to put in the IP address of your privacyServer. I could make it so you put in something like the pubkey or acct address, but I dont really see the point. the privacyServers will be publicly known, so nothing is lost by them publishing their addresses
Ok so the thing I'm missing is how people will relate your IP to someone they trust - if people have the choice of using any given privacyServer, and the owner of that server having to convince the community of their authenticity and to trust them, I don't understand how that can happen.
When BTCD goes mainstream, then I assume you will have many people who will come to you for help to get "plugged in", you give them your IP address, they put it in.
I am thinking BIG here.
While we are small, I assume people can trust my server and the servers run by the key contributors to BTCD. For others that want to get a piece of all the revenue sharing, they will need to do some work to establish trust. Known people will have a distinct advantage in getting this trust.
In the early days, all the pioneers (us) will probably run our own privacyServers. The assumption is that you will trust your self! I sure hope that will work.
I have been able to really minimize the information leaked to the privacyServer, so it could well be that a randomly chosen privacyServer will be just fine for ordinary use. If you plan to do automated trading though, you get a distinct advantage in running your own privacyServer.
You use an ISP for your Internet? You are trusting your ISP with much more than you will be trusting a privacyServer with.
I think there is still much confusions as to what exactly a privacyServer does. Plz keep asking questions, it is important for everybody to clearly understand. The name maybe sounds intimidating, but it is meant to convey that a privacyServer creates privacy for you.
James
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