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I'd just like to be able to leave my rig on FLT. I still don't think this is a hashrate/diff problem and would like to see some potential attempts to solve it...
Maybe look into implementing the DigiWave thing the DOGE people are putting in place in lieu of KGW (which can be exploited too), which would help as the coin gains more attention.
Some reference links:
http://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/2014/03/13/dogecoin-forks-again-to-avoid-multipool-exploit/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Digibyte/comments/1yn6t1/digibyte_v_20_code_name_digishield/
Maybe look into implementing the DigiWave thing the DOGE people are putting in place in lieu of KGW (which can be exploited too), which would help as the coin gains more attention.
Some reference links:
http://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/2014/03/13/dogecoin-forks-again-to-avoid-multipool-exploit/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Digibyte/comments/1yn6t1/digibyte_v_20_code_name_digishield/
Its very clear what it is, blocks don't just magically get stuck LOL, they are just too difficult to find when the hashrate drops 50% + what the calculated difficulty was (which is exactly what these exploits can do).
For example say hashrate is supposedly 2 gH, and a block is calculated to be 50 difficulty, then suddely the hash drops to 1 gH, what happens it is VERY difficulty to mine the block at 1gH
This is one thing that was brought to my attention yesterday - which explains why pools on the correct chain were showing much more hashrate than was reported on the rest of the network https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=513382.0
I am definitely looking into these things, but remember, dogecoin is a POW coin I believe - there are a lot more moving parts in this coin... If anyone knows people like Sunny King, Balthazar etc and is willing to ask them to take a look, it would be appreciated. Or any other Dev that can make an educated guess for that matter.
We definitely will need to fork the coin in the next week - there are other things I want to put a stop to - not fix, but adjust for the better- so whatever this fix is it will be rolled in the next few days and the fork will happen no earlier than 7 days forward - unless we can get agreement with bter, and all pools to implement the update quickly. Any ideas on the warning/window needed to implement a mandatory fix is also appreciated - if it can be done with 3 days warning or so, thats fine too. Bter really is the key.
PM me the date and time when you want to fork.
I will make sure to update the wallet on the pool.
I suggest after 7PM GMT +1.
