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Title: Can the Blockchain be hacked? Post by: BittBurger on December 05, 2013, 02:00:42 AM If no, why not?
Title: Re: Can the Blockchain be hacked? Post by: wopwop on December 05, 2013, 02:02:35 AM no
Title: Re: Can the Blockchain be hacked? Post by: empoweoqwj on December 05, 2013, 02:07:23 AM Nope. It can be forked though
Title: Re: Can the Blockchain be hacked? Post by: DeathAndTaxes on December 05, 2013, 02:09:04 AM Baring an as of yet undiscovered flaw in the protocol the simple answer is no. The reason why is because the network operates in a trust free manner. Everything your node receives from other nodes is verified independently first before it is acted upon or relayed.
Title: Re: Can the Blockchain be hacked? Post by: franky1 on December 05, 2013, 02:09:25 AM because its on everyones computer. i guess you missed the first lesson of bitcoin...... its decentralised, hacking one location wouldn't/shouldnt harm the entire network
Title: Re: Can the Blockchain be hacked? Post by: oakpacific on December 05, 2013, 02:28:12 AM It's not software, so it can't be hacked.
Title: Re: Can the Blockchain be hacked? Post by: Icaris on December 05, 2013, 02:48:35 AM Nope
Title: Re: Can the Blockchain be hacked? Post by: revans on December 05, 2013, 03:07:36 AM Yes
It has been hacked before and it will inevitably be hacked again Title: Re: Can the Blockchain be hacked? Post by: bitcoinpsftp on December 05, 2013, 04:08:49 AM If you're a very good hacker ( you know, the kind that can get into the FBI in 1 minute while simultaneously receiving a blowjob), you can hack it. But it takes very big skillz, a multi monitor computer, and a nice graphic interphase that shows you your hacking with cute animations. But it can be done.
Title: Re: Can the Blockchain be hacked? Post by: deltanine on December 05, 2013, 04:19:07 AM Yes It has been hacked before and it will inevitably be hacked again ?????????? Title: Re: Can the Blockchain be hacked? Post by: strideynet on December 05, 2013, 06:20:08 AM What I believe our friend regains is trying to say is: Bitcoin clients/services have been hacked, this is not an invulnerability of the currency but of the people who look after your coins. So what you want to do is not use online wallets!
Title: Re: Can the Blockchain be hacked? Post by: Amph on December 05, 2013, 10:22:09 AM it's like hacking internet
Title: Re: Can the Blockchain be hacked? Post by: teukon on December 05, 2013, 12:09:15 PM The blockchain itself is just data and I wouldn't readily apply the verb "hack" to it.
Certainly the Bitcoin network could be hacked. Some of the proposed mining attacks would be hacks. One might consider exploiting a hard fork to be a hack (to my knowledge, we've had 2 accidental hard-forks to date; we could easily have more in the future). However, it doesn't stop there. Everything involving a computer that's even remotely clever is considered a "hack" these days. Would exploiting repeated random numbers to take peoples money be considered a hack? Would the block-header prayers be considered a hack? We can say that it must be extraordinarily difficult to meaningfully hack the network. The likelihood of a devastating hack is becoming more remote with time. Title: Re: Can the Blockchain be hacked? Post by: XBBlade on December 05, 2013, 12:17:59 PM The Bitcoin canīt be hacked, people with wallets can be hacked. Itīs the human who is the weak factor in the protection chain. Sorry for my horrible English.
Title: Re: Can the Blockchain be hacked? Post by: freequant on December 05, 2013, 12:26:38 PM It depends
Title: Re: Can the Blockchain be hacked? Post by: indianplayers on December 05, 2013, 02:59:40 PM Nope. Almost impossible currently
Title: Re: Can the Blockchain be hacked? Post by: crazy_rabbit on December 05, 2013, 03:00:59 PM No, but your $300 windows laptop can. :-)
Title: Re: Can the Blockchain be hacked? Post by: niothor on December 05, 2013, 03:49:16 PM Nope. Almost impossible currently You're contradicting yourself. If it is almost , there there is a way , so the answer it's yes. Title: Re: Can the Blockchain be hacked? Post by: Tirapon on December 05, 2013, 04:39:42 PM Title: Re: Can the Blockchain be hacked? Post by: revans on December 05, 2013, 05:17:57 PM Yes It has been hacked before and it will inevitably be hacked again ?????????? CVE-2010-5139 |