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Bitcoin Core considers dropping encrypted routing support as poor node health exposes users to eclipse attacks

Bitcoin Core considers dropping encrypted routing support as poor node health exposes users to eclipse attacksWorldPing

The 32.x warning and 33.x removal sequence remains a proposal as maintainers test whether sparse fallback routes add resilience.

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