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Bittrex Delists Bitcoin Gold After Failure to Repay $252,000 in Losses

Cryptocurrency trading platform Bittrex delists Bitcoin Gold trading options after failing to negotiate reparations stemming from a 51 percent attack in May. The Four Day Attack Bitcoin Gold (BCG), a Bitcoin hard-fork released in November of 2017, is continuing to feel the negative effects from a 51 percent attack on its network in May. дальше »

2018-9-6 17:00


A Guide to 99% Fault Tolerant Consensus

Special thanks to Emin Gun Sirer for review We’ve heard for a long time that it’s possible to achieve consensus with 50% fault tolerance in a synchronous network where messages broadcasted by any honest node are guaranteed to be received by all other honest nodes within some known time period (if an attacker has more than 50%, they can perform a “51% attack”, and there’s an analogue of this for any algorithm of this type). дальше »

2018-8-9 04:03


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Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad

Coin holder voting, both for governance of technical features, and for more extensive use cases like deciding who runs validator nodes and who receives money from development bounty funds, is unfortunately continuing to be popular, and so it seems worthwhile for me to write another post explaining why I (and Vlad Zamfir and others) do not consider it wise for Ethereum (or really, any base-layer blockchain) to start adopting these kinds of mechanisms in a tightly coupled form in any significant way. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


Vitalik Buterin Estimates Ethereum Spam Transaction Fees at $15 million

According to Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum’s recent spam congestion transactions have racked up at least $15 million in gas fees. Facing record congestion in the form of soaring gas fees and pending transaction times, the Ethereum network has been recently stung with a gas price manipulation attack caused by thousands of spurious transactions. дальше »

2018-7-19 08:00


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Op Ed: Addressing the Threat of Cryptomining Malware

One major class of attacks to hit the hacking landscape recently is cryptomining. While cryptomining on its own supports a good cause when being done consciously, it also allows nefarious actors to make a lot of money fast, and, with the sheer number of cryptocurrencies available to mine, it is becoming a popular choice for attackers. дальше »

2018-7-18 23:18


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Bancor Aftermath: Charlie Lee Sees Lightning Network As ‘Ultimate’ Exchange

Self-proclaimed ‘decentralized’ exchange platform Bancor has resumed operations after a $12 million hack, officials confirmed Wednesday. Bancor Resumes Trading After ‘Scam’ Accusations Bancor — which initially lost its own BNT, Ether (ETH) and Pundi X tokens in the attack — faced a broader industry backlash as the sudden theft sparked criticism its decentralization claims were fraudulent. дальше »

2018-7-13 23:00


BitPico намерены провести атаку 51% в сети Bitcoin Cash

Команда BitPico, включающая в себя «разработчиков биткоина, майнеров и китов» заявила о скором начале полномасштабной атаки на сеть Bitcoin Cash. Об этих планах команда написала в своём Твиттере. дальше »

2018-6-27 12:41


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‘Roger Ver Will Now Cry’: Stress Testers Start Attack on Bitcoin Cash

BitPico, a group of “Bitcoin developers, miners and whales” which previously stress-tested the Lightning Network, has begun attacking altcoin Bitcoin Cash (BCH). ‘The Bcash attack has been started’ In a series of tweets beginning June 22, the group, whose members’ identities remains unclear, declared that having tested Lightning’s mainnet implementation for rigidity via a coordinated attack, it would do the same to test the BCH network – this time using a 51% attack. дальше »

2018-6-26 20:00


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