Hello @blagoj and thanks for the update on the integration of Dandelion in Ethereum.
In order to provide anonymity on network layer, additional steps are needed. This could be extra hops, encryption or some thing else. These extra steps add additional latency and complexity. Dandelion++ + RLN in order to provide sufficient anonymity guarantees add multiple seconds of delay.
Can you please expand further on the latency overhead that Dandelion++ adds when compared to the privacy that it offers?
On a similar note, do you have any thoughts on the networking-centric approach that Polkadot is taking with SASSAFRAS where it builds ephemeral one-hop proxies for the purposes of submitting VRF tickets for SSLE? While the idea is simple on the high-level, I’d be interested in insights on low-level complexities that can appear in such schemes.
Thanks!