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Title: What happened to the 184 Billion Bitcoins created in Aug 2010? Post by: Kprawn on July 12, 2014, 08:32:52 AM I cannot seem to find more info on the Aug 2010 vulnerability that was exploited.
http://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-definitive-history-of-bitcoin/ What is the facts about this vulnerability and were those BTC removed from the blockchain? I am getting questions about that, and I do not have the fact to answer them. Thanks for constructive answers, backed by facts. ;) Title: Re: What happened to the 184 Billion Bitcoins created in Aug 2010? Post by: Coef on July 12, 2014, 08:37:35 AM You may check the following pages.
1. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2010-5139 2. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=822.0 3. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=6290.0 In short, that block 74638 was orphaned before getting 120 confirmations (Block rewards can't be spend before getting 120 confirmations). :) Title: Re: What happened to the 184 Billion Bitcoins created in Aug 2010? Post by: Kprawn on July 12, 2014, 01:00:27 PM what if people kept exploating this but didn't make such noticable amounts? in form of a couple of bitcoins daily The bug was fixed, so it's not possible anymore. Thanks for the links, I am studying it now. {Well spotted} I missed it somehow. Title: Re: What happened to the 184 Billion Bitcoins created in Aug 2010? Post by: Baitty on July 12, 2014, 02:11:05 PM Good thing Bitcoin wasn't popular at the time this happened.
Title: Re: What happened to the 184 Billion Bitcoins created in Aug 2010? Post by: galbros on July 12, 2014, 03:01:08 PM Good thing Bitcoin wasn't popular at the time this happened. Or good thing that it wasn't Ghash.io that exploited the bug! It would be hard to correct now if they didn't want it corrected! Of course they don't want to destroy bitcoin like something like that would, but if a similar bug was found they could exploit the small amounts option. Good Luck! Title: Re: What happened to the 184 Billion Bitcoins created in Aug 2010? Post by: Jamie_Boulder on July 12, 2014, 03:52:18 PM what if people kept exploating this but didn't make such noticable amounts? in form of a couple of bitcoins daily The bug was fixed, so it's not possible anymore. Thanks for the links, I am studying it now. {Well spotted} I missed it somehow. what if a new bug was discovered but we never found out because it's being abused in small amounts? Title: Re: What happened to the 184 Billion Bitcoins created in Aug 2010? Post by: ShakyhandsBTCer on July 12, 2014, 05:29:57 PM what if people kept exploating this but didn't make such noticable amounts? in form of a couple of bitcoins daily The bug was fixed, so it's not possible anymore. Thanks for the links, I am studying it now. {Well spotted} I missed it somehow. what if a new bug was discovered but we never found out because it's being abused in small amounts? Title: Re: What happened to the 184 Billion Bitcoins created in Aug 2010? Post by: nicojuritz on August 22, 2014, 08:54:11 AM you will get more info on this link https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=822.0
Title: Re: What happened to the 184 Billion Bitcoins created in Aug 2010? Post by: Dannie on August 22, 2014, 09:00:46 AM you will get more info on this link https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=822.0 Dude, why did you bump this old thread with a link that has already been posted in post #2? |