[2017-07-16] Possible Bitcoin Network Spam Attack is One User’s Moby Dick

[tyz]

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/

[odolvlobo]

Articles about Twitter posts are stupid.