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Title: Bitcoin network clogged today??? WTF 8000+ UNCONFIRMED transactoins Post by: king_pin on June 22, 2015, 10:42:37 PM Does anyone know what is going on?
In the past few weeks (months) the network has been working slower and slower. But today UNCONFIRMED TRANSACTIONS have reached a new HIGH for me at least: https://blockchain.info/unconfirmed-transactions It is obvious this is no accident, I guess someone is doing this on purpose, but what purpose is that ??? This is as of the moment I am typing this message, and they are getting more every minute: http://www.litecoin.bg/Unconfirmed.jpg Title: Re: Bitcoin network clogged today??? WTF 7500+ UNCONFIRMED transactoins Post by: amaclin on June 22, 2015, 10:47:24 PM Someone is spaming
http://np.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3ahl43/i_believe_we_have_our_first_scammer_organizing_a/ Title: Re: Bitcoin network clogged today??? WTF 7500+ UNCONFIRMED transactoins Post by: shorena on June 22, 2015, 10:59:55 PM Someone is spaming http://np.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3ahl43/i_believe_we_have_our_first_scammer_organizing_a/ BCT ANN thread for the "stress test" -> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1094865.0 Title: Re: Bitcoin network clogged today??? WTF 7500+ UNCONFIRMED transactoins Post by: king_pin on June 22, 2015, 11:01:28 PM This guys are really stupid, and as many mentioned, probable a SCAM (office is virtual, phone is non existing, domain is 1 month old etc.)
BTW I am pro forking to 1MB SIZE, although their test is really retarded!!! I have been using Bitcoin for 3 years now, and rarely have I send a transaction without fee and volume lower than 0,1 BTC, which means, that the 8500+ clogged transactions are only their own, mine and most other people transactions went thru with little to no delay. Title: Re: Bitcoin network clogged today??? WTF 7500+ UNCONFIRMED transactoins Post by: shorena on June 22, 2015, 11:16:38 PM This guys are really stupid, and as many mentioned, probable a SCAM (office is virtual, phone is non existing, domain is 1 month old etc.) BTW I am pro forking to 1MB SIZE, although their test is really retarded!!! I have been using Bitcoin for 3 years now, and rarely have I send a transaction without fee and volume lower than 0,1 BTC, which means, that the 8500+ clogged transactions are only their own, mine and most other people transactions went thru with little to no delay. A backlog of ~6k transaction is pretty common durring "prime time". My only problem with this is that its not helping anyone. They are a dick to everyone using the network just to prove a point that is already well established. Title: Re: Bitcoin network clogged today??? WTF 8000+ UNCONFIRMED transactoins Post by: king_pin on June 22, 2015, 11:47:36 PM I think a much BIGGER problem is the lack of BITCOIN NODES (https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/)
A few weeks ago there were only 2-3000 NODES... :( Title: Re: Bitcoin network clogged today??? WTF 8000+ UNCONFIRMED transactoins Post by: PolarPoint on June 23, 2015, 12:08:47 AM Does anyone know what is going on? In the past few weeks (months) the network has been working slower and slower. But today UNCONFIRMED TRANSACTIONS have reached a new HIGH for me at least: https://blockchain.info/unconfirmed-transactions It is obvious this is no accident, I guess someone is doing this on purpose, but what purpose is that ??? This is as of the moment I am typing this message, and they are getting more every minute: There are just more people moving their coins round. I don't think anyone is doing this on purpose or it's an attack. If someone want to spam, they can doing much better than 7000 transactions :D Title: Re: Bitcoin network clogged today??? WTF 8000+ UNCONFIRMED transactoins Post by: cr1776 on June 23, 2015, 05:18:51 PM Does anyone know what is going on? In the past few weeks (months) the network has been working slower and slower. But today UNCONFIRMED TRANSACTIONS have reached a new HIGH for me at least: https://blockchain.info/unconfirmed-transactions It is obvious this is no accident, I guess someone is doing this on purpose, but what purpose is that ??? This is as of the moment I am typing this message, and they are getting more every minute: There are just more people moving their coins round. I don't think anyone is doing this on purpose or it's an attack. If someone want to spam, they can doing much better than 7000 transactions :D Their purpose is to stress test the network. In addition to the links above (shorena and amaclin's), here is more of a discussion and analysis: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1075590.60 Title: Re: Bitcoin network clogged today??? WTF 8000+ UNCONFIRMED transactoins Post by: Xialla on June 23, 2015, 06:38:40 PM I think a much BIGGER problem is the lack of BITCOIN NODES (https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/) A few weeks ago there were only 2-3000 NODES... :( there should be some motivation (example: for running tor relay, you get T-shirt after 2 months) for running the node. it consumes lot of bandwidth and other computing resources/growing storage space for literally nothing except good feeling.. maybe transfer something from miner fees to node operators at least for cover the maintenance costs.. Title: Re: Bitcoin network clogged today??? WTF 8000+ UNCONFIRMED transactoins Post by: king_pin on June 23, 2015, 08:19:00 PM It has already been figured out its called:
PROOF OF STAKE PeerCoin (PPC) was the first coin to use it, but I doubt anyone will implement it in Bitcoin |
