0xB10C stated that #LinkingLion might be recording the timing of transactions to #determine which node first received a transaction,
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0xB10C stated that about 15% of the time, #LinkingLion doesn’t close the #connection immediately.
0xB10C calls the entity #LinkingLion” because the IP addresses #associated with it pass through LionLink network’s colocation data center.
To help protect the community from this privacy threat, 0xB10C has produced an open-source ban list that nodes can #implement to ban #LinkingLion from connecting to them.
0xB10C stated that #LinkingLion might be recording the timing of transactions to determine which node first received a transaction, which can then be used to determine the IP address associated with a particular #Bitcoin address, as they explained:
However, #LinkingLion never requests #blocks or transactions, which implies that they must be pursuing some other purpose, the post said.
0xB10C stated that about 15% of the time, #LinkingLion doesn’t close the connection #immediately.
0xB10C calls the entity “#LinkingLion” because the IP addresses associated with it pass through #LionLink #network's colocation data center.