Comment by H8crilA
The core problem is that older systems never proved distance in any rigorous sense, they only proved connectivity/liveness. Pretending that you're closer than you are is sometimes called in research "the mafia fraud attack".
The core problem is that older systems never proved distance in any rigorous sense, they only proved connectivity/liveness. Pretending that you're closer than you are is sometimes called in research "the mafia fraud attack".