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1. silverpill (silverpill@mitra.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-May-2024 22:06:18 JST silverpill

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   @kycnotme Some of their claims appear highly dubious.

   Especially this: https://particl.wiki/learn/marketplace/smsg/

   >SMSG is a decentralized P2P message mixnet where all nodes store a copy of everyone’s end-to-end encrypted messages and data

   Sounds like a bunch of buzzwords thrown together. Do they even know what mixnet is? Apparently their protocol is based on the abandoned Bitmessage protocol: https://kewde.gitbooks.io/protocol/content/data-storage-network/smsg.html

   But there's no detailed description of how it works. Looks like they just made it up.

   >It operates parallel to Particl’s network and is hosted on the same nodes running the blockchain.

   Even if this SMSG protocol really exists, it is not clear who runs the nodes. Their explorer says there are 74 peers, but this number can be fake. Or these nodes can be controlled by developers.

   The app has Tor support, but it is not enabled by default:

   https://particl.wiki/tutorial/privacy/tor/

   Users might not be aware of that, so whoever operates the nodes can de-anonymize them.

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   I'm not saying it shouldn't be listed. But until their software gets an independent audit, everyone should treat it like a regular centralized exchange which for some reason wants you to download an executable.