OK, thanks for the extra info, would have a been a good idea to include this in the post from the start.

The Monero Research Lab (MRL) has decided to recommend that all Monero node operators enable a ban list

I was under the impression that there was a network attack going on which was disrupting node operations, as has had happened in the past and that is why this post was created.

My point is the nodes should be able to dynamically determine if misadjusted or allegedly misbehaving nodes are present and block/ignore those automatically without needing to apply a ban-list from a centralized authority. This is a long standing issue and measures in the protocol should be able to govern this, since it has not happened it appears that this is a fundamental flaw that cannot be addressed and instead a ban-list is the only solution.

My question is what is preventing this from being properly addressed so applying a centralized ban list is not necessary? Is it a whack-a-mole situation where attackers will just tweak some other parameters and get around any detection?

Shouldn’t the node network be able to automatically ban offending peers without needing a centralized ban list? Can you explain where my understanding falls short?

Needing to use a ban list is indicative of broken node software. This flaw has existed in Monero for a long time, is it a fundamental issue that will never be addressed?

You can just purchase BCH, run it through CashFusion for privacy then swap for Monero. 👍

https://bchfaq.com/knowledge-base/what-is-cashfusion/

There is also potential of Monero as a sidechain on Bitcoin Cash. This would bring extreme privacy and world level scalability to make the ultimate digital cash, as well as DeFi participation in the BCH CashTokens ecosystem.

https://bitcoincashresearch.org/t/addition-of-merge-mining-bch-with-monero/1406/9

How much more private do you need to get? I mostly use Bitcoin Cash with CashFusion and it is enough, no one is going to spend time and money on tracing most transactions, it’s not cheap or easy. I only use Monero when my identity is involved in the transaction.

After the next HF upgrade on BCH we should see ZK level privacy start to develop via smart contracts. Hopefully in the future BCH can be as or more private than Monero and our communities can unite into one unstoppable digital cash force!