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Title: [2017-07-16] Possible Bitcoin Network Spam Attack is One User’s Moby Dick
Post by: tyz on July 16, 2017, 11:25:53 AM
Possible Bitcoin Network Spam Attack is One User’s Moby Dick

A Twitter user named LaurentMT has been battling his very own “Moby Dick.” He implied the White Whale has come in the form of a spam attack on the network, which has caused blocks to consume too many utxos (unspent transaction outputs) in the system in recent weeks. The user commented on Twitter in a series of charts, primarily containing information on block size and utxos.

https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-network-spam-attack-one-users-white-whale/


Title: Re: [2017-07-16] Possible Bitcoin Network Spam Attack is One User’s Moby Dick
Post by: odolvlobo on July 16, 2017, 04:53:06 PM
Articles about Twitter posts are stupid.