My wallet says it needs another 9512 blocks to fully sync with total of 2000301 but from what I can see from securepayments pool they are currenctly mining block: 1990829: 2016-01-30 09:14:58 GMT-5 are we on a different chain or something?
It does indeed seem that the chain forked sometime back in November 2015 and no one noticed until now. It also appears to have been maliciously done..
The chain forked at block #1979437.
Block #1979436 is identical on both chains, but #1979437 differs. Here is block #1979436 from the two chains. Note how the "nextblockhash" differs.
CHAIN B:
{
"hash" : "6e5ba68a92afb441b5ab58bdd64ad2f18c4d076e909803f333a631480e716606",
"confirmations" : 30429,
"size" : 244605,
"height" : 1979436,
"version" : 1,
"merkleroot" : "4e1584b9fc5e95c86951f2ad3801cf5bdd2b7a964e281e069ab4ee22a3050856",
"tx" : [
"fec94908aa7404d373d7c7ea7c628299906a9f498851f35745e0be2b0ec7419c",
"da9f579c09b3b572394f0df14b807772cfe6509984ac1850baa3a25c175ecb61",
"bef8251199c0e7cfa30627ceadcfcceee5fa5f44e61085fd0e0e499533ff08d5",
"8a86559415ecc080b74dc22058d6c0e59bdbf5bc7316705cb1de43a197f5f8f7",
"400aa1f23a111f11142c2167e9e843ec4b65ec63c25d8a6b46ea92f831c96275"
],
"time" : 1447410081,
"nonce" : 904462464,
"bits" : "1d06cbd3",
"difficulty" : 0.14713906,
"previousblockhash" : "90a17a9d505f7d8354f3e2000c7fae78ffc0367c0a885392c751e8942774f7cb",
"nextblockhash" : "bba184b397aab4d81f68cc7314b519da4d2c4f205db630d25830d0e416744cb0"
}
CHAIN A:
(
[hash] => 6e5ba68a92afb441b5ab58bdd64ad2f18c4d076e909803f333a631480e716606
[confirmations] => 12123
[size] => 244605
[height] => 1979436
[version] => 1
[merkleroot] => 4e1584b9fc5e95c86951f2ad3801cf5bdd2b7a964e281e069ab4ee22a3050856
[tx] => Array
(
[0] => fec94908aa7404d373d7c7ea7c628299906a9f498851f35745e0be2b0ec7419c
[1] => da9f579c09b3b572394f0df14b807772cfe6509984ac1850baa3a25c175ecb61
[2] => bef8251199c0e7cfa30627ceadcfcceee5fa5f44e61085fd0e0e499533ff08d5
[3] => 8a86559415ecc080b74dc22058d6c0e59bdbf5bc7316705cb1de43a197f5f8f7
[4] => 400aa1f23a111f11142c2167e9e843ec4b65ec63c25d8a6b46ea92f831c96275
)
[time] => 1447410081
[nonce] => 904462464
[bits] => 1d06cbd3
[difficulty] => 0.14713906
[previousblockhash] => 90a17a9d505f7d8354f3e2000c7fae78ffc0367c0a885392c751e8942774f7cb
[nextblockhash] => 0c5a03f8762bfec4b2fe4a46113130309616067725ff0458786464a622e09149
)
Here is block #1979437 from both chains. Notice the timestamp on the block between the two chains:
CHAIN B:
{
"hash" : "bba184b397aab4d81f68cc7314b519da4d2c4f205db630d25830d0e416744cb0",
"confirmations" : 30427,
"size" : 232640,
"height" : 1979437,
"version" : 1,
"merkleroot" : "f49fa553e9b8b7e600d8fe86f78b55c3da7c8d81e19dbcd2483b1a184fd6ea1d",
"tx" : [
"eefb0b38cbe8bb4a42b731c3b13d4e1e57e2d14f12ca16ff821aa98bf3d0a8b7",
"0f1b977c235652f140fbd0a3d9c123f48735bcbc80e71118046fec96877fa58c",
"515989b43028811de34255144f564075b4ec891314ace763b11968e6c60d58f3",
"95536663a5ecd453964b9cc74a54c62751aa20ed0adf47ade64aaeb8f9d8870d"
],
"time" : 1447412555,
"nonce" : 741146912,
"bits" : "1d06cbd3",
"difficulty" : 0.14713906,
"previousblockhash" : "6e5ba68a92afb441b5ab58bdd64ad2f18c4d076e909803f333a631480e716606",
"nextblockhash" : "b57f37919c354ca527d8378c7e9c40967e1c23c7e3d5d5beddb64fabd29b882e"
}
CHAIN A:
(
[hash] => 0c5a03f8762bfec4b2fe4a46113130309616067725ff0458786464a622e09149
[confirmations] => 12122
[size] => 397
[height] => 1979437
[version] => 1
[merkleroot] => a8f66a0ff68c22805bdfcaf688c4eb7a888c4ee47ada903abbb13790eca7a0ac
[tx] => Array
(
[0] => 438a13845dcf0beb518fe2ad8c4763c5a896f08cb6734bd8fa9bcc75aa6ac4da
[1] => ebe552f8ce102d6a13cfc1db5026caffbb1172734eab89fc0c93869fa991b5e3
)
[time] => 1447412922
[nonce] => 173130296
[bits] => 1d06cbd3
[difficulty] => 0.14713906
[previousblockhash] => 6e5ba68a92afb441b5ab58bdd64ad2f18c4d076e909803f333a631480e716606
[nextblockhash] => 6fa04463cc631f8a877c240dda1a2a4261d5075cf1915342c6b89bafd221e8e0
)
The timestamp on block #1979437 from CHAIN B is
Fri,13 Nov 2015 11:02:35 GMT while on CHAIN A it is
Fri, 13 Nov 2015 11:08:42 GMT. Block #1979437 was stale on CHAIN A, this is normal and eventually CHAIN A will catch up when the block propagates and the 'correct' chain is activated.
However 20 minutes later block #1979438 is extracted on CHAIN B, but on CHAIN A #1979438 is extracted only 13 seconds later. Odd huh..?
Block #1979437 from CHAIN B hasn't propagated after 20 minutes.
CHAIN B:
{
"hash" : "b57f37919c354ca527d8378c7e9c40967e1c23c7e3d5d5beddb64fabd29b882e",
"confirmations" : 30427,
"size" : 100176,
"height" : 1979438,
"version" : 1,
"merkleroot" : "bd4211e39aeefcf69b0fd8119843eddf2560472b1f055316b51eba949f622902",
"tx" : [
"3d69e4b425643421d5c34bcd32ad9496a2a685e5eca939ecb5c826019731acd7",
"1e243337decf49069d60724b162ec518f835f6c3cafcd80bf73f9ad25878a9ce"
],
"time" : 1447413746,
"nonce" : 1177223456,
"bits" : "1d06cbd3",
"difficulty" : 0.14713906,
"previousblockhash" : "bba184b397aab4d81f68cc7314b519da4d2c4f205db630d25830d0e416744cb0",
"nextblockhash" : "71ea0b19c4ab3ac3dea5c304ed642cbf742fb98538d682eea9fba6cc8785bda4"
}
CHAIN A:
(
[hash] => 6fa04463cc631f8a877c240dda1a2a4261d5075cf1915342c6b89bafd221e8e0
[confirmations] => 12121
[size] => 205
[height] => 1979438
[version] => 1
[merkleroot] => 30013b3b187aeaebf1d9b6350a06899d381d3fece04e794d0854574759c311b5
[tx] => Array
(
[0] => 30013b3b187aeaebf1d9b6350a06899d381d3fece04e794d0854574759c311b5
)
[time] => 1447412935
[nonce] => 4236804432
[bits] => 1d06cbd3
[difficulty] => 0.14713906
[previousblockhash] => 0c5a03f8762bfec4b2fe4a46113130309616067725ff0458786464a622e09149
[nextblockhash] => b1bd687737f78895d8824fab7b9ecf32596cea8bf0591680abfda78af1d4db20
)
Things get even more strange at block #1979439. On CHAIN B this block is extracted almost 3 hours later at
Fri, 13 Nov 2015 14:16:59 GMT! While CHAIN A is moving along at a normal pace having this same block extracted only 4 seconds later at
Fri, 13 Nov 2015 11:08:59 GMT.
CHAIN B:
{
"hash" : "71ea0b19c4ab3ac3dea5c304ed642cbf742fb98538d682eea9fba6cc8785bda4",
"confirmations" : 30426,
"size" : 227507,
"height" : 1979439,
"version" : 1,
"merkleroot" : "be2f674ef4dfc6c7ebdb6d808de8855a70afae70dcc7321c7278bb9660a1fc98",
"tx" : [
"06debe8b1bff5b0d8bde9bc695889296b3cc0f57254481234ddde434fae3c837",
"ebe552f8ce102d6a13cfc1db5026caffbb1172734eab89fc0c93869fa991b5e3",
"64d995ae3e01429500da3bb47d1b57019c0295f88088d4897218710b45f34b46",
"f5cbec4c229da5747065ca7d74589b3dc5e6f5a761b913674fdfcd9db0f02de5",
"43c0bcd859b635f217d13199e8b1384596f9f001e0175bb1407c135874d65ca4"
],
"time" : 1447424219,
"nonce" : 2376207104,
"bits" : "1d06cbd3",
"difficulty" : 0.14713906,
"previousblockhash" : "b57f37919c354ca527d8378c7e9c40967e1c23c7e3d5d5beddb64fabd29b882e",
"nextblockhash" : "db968b37f69149a1babb466d7447c09bc40412c1bca85a7c066767c36287d60e"
}
CHAIN A:
(
[hash] => b1bd687737f78895d8824fab7b9ecf32596cea8bf0591680abfda78af1d4db20
[confirmations] => 12120
[size] => 205
[height] => 1979439
[version] => 1
[merkleroot] => f99df620a0f9cae45d4fbf4b05c8d8f5307fc9758d3ac9db1a97145a8fdc04af
[tx] => Array
(
[0] => f99df620a0f9cae45d4fbf4b05c8d8f5307fc9758d3ac9db1a97145a8fdc04af
)
[time] => 1447412939
[nonce] => 3048277727
[bits] => 1d06cbd3
[difficulty] => 0.14713906
[previousblockhash] => 6fa04463cc631f8a877c240dda1a2a4261d5075cf1915342c6b89bafd221e8e0
[nextblockhash] => 2ba9f2bcb9ae882ffaa43494ae91134c616887ddca600378e9a25eea778a2996
)
The network continues to fork. Block #1979440 is extract from CHAIN B about 10 minutes after it's #1979439 (Fri, 13 Nov 2015 14:28:35 GMT). On CHAIN A block #1979440 is extracted 15 seconds after it's #1979439 (Fri, 13 Nov 2015 11:09:14 GM).
CHAIN B:
{
"hash" : "db968b37f69149a1babb466d7447c09bc40412c1bca85a7c066767c36287d60e",
"confirmations" : 30425,
"size" : 234279,
"height" : 1979440,
"version" : 1,
"merkleroot" : "9831c1a008132a1cb725c259e64be62f832df5d22f24ca1f9025a407be973c03",
"tx" : [
"f20bc19d4370cf420a2ed664dbe947dd4e782ca3473e8832b467c8edad27f154",
"cf9869ff18cb042471a91fa69a8dfd2b6d0a7d9b7441caa6425fbdb008462c6b",
"6ca11e8ea9e1b04baddac8c89811573617b19dfffbbae1267b03b4983fa7b37c",
"a912edd8171dbe977dda13f054ee821c1a441f93969bec673a2f3269c482e49d",
"7ade390eea83dd8136e8dbf14076aca3394824246f4963fe4ceaec4738a5df74"
],
"time" : 1447424915,
"nonce" : 2204533214,
"bits" : "1d06cbd3",
"difficulty" : 0.14713906,
"previousblockhash" : "71ea0b19c4ab3ac3dea5c304ed642cbf742fb98538d682eea9fba6cc8785bda4",
"nextblockhash" : "73cb52a7071f4f0052900cb952c46d782eb6fb7aba2e546ae7a9e3988a9c9b37"
}
CHAIN A:
(
[hash] => 2ba9f2bcb9ae882ffaa43494ae91134c616887ddca600378e9a25eea778a2996
[confirmations] => 12119
[size] => 205
[height] => 1979440
[version] => 1
[merkleroot] => ed541177082e314cb52074ed623e25cdae032202827a9703ae4237ad375fd25e
[tx] => Array
(
[0] => ed541177082e314cb52074ed623e25cdae032202827a9703ae4237ad375fd25e
)
[time] => 1447412954
[nonce] => 516278877
[bits] => 1d06cbd3
[difficulty] => 0.14713906
[previousblockhash] => b1bd687737f78895d8824fab7b9ecf32596cea8bf0591680abfda78af1d4db20
[nextblockhash] => d67d2ac16e75e25e81e185b2380403fa36841485e37e338111c576006583067a
)
Blocks continue to be extracted on CHAIN B:
"hash" : "73cb52a7071f4f0052900cb952c46d782eb6fb7aba2e546ae7a9e3988a9c9b37",
"confirmations" : 30424,
"size" : 7027,
"height" : 1979441,
"version" : 1,
"merkleroot" : "ecbef08c29cdbfd4a5f6cea9357e7dfcd7079e9da127a6b1f2f4afe9740503fe",
"tx" : [
"d6e4b9f2163b7544b31d42956012034968752e3439fdbd1685673bba3bfdb428",
"c5ff7bda62b7e778f27548d686efc1249d5d93f45d40d3bdcc7742cbe9d7f9c5",
"e9c3946e5239e7ac115338da4c92c9aa26690bba798c9d113c030391880e1625",
"37571976c7209a0480e74b066d191baac658543b7cb90b4b027172f438658f7a"
],
"time" : 1447424925,
"nonce" : 3585901383,
"bits" : "1d06cbd3",
"difficulty" : 0.14713906,
"previousblockhash" : "db968b37f69149a1babb466d7447c09bc40412c1bca85a7c066767c36287d60e",
"nextblockhash" : "a06b26e9a730ba0d78a7f6f769bec5d2a89167de6c2c2c7b73744f39b575fc9d"
}
Blocks also continue to be extracted on CHAIN A:
(
[hash] => d67d2ac16e75e25e81e185b2380403fa36841485e37e338111c576006583067a
[confirmations] => 12120
[size] => 205
[height] => 1979441
[version] => 1
[merkleroot] => aba79f945e27931eee05b5ec892e0194de54340afc87d8a40cbee714dbb7cad8
[tx] => Array
(
[0] => aba79f945e27931eee05b5ec892e0194de54340afc87d8a40cbee714dbb7cad8
)
[time] => 1447412997
[nonce] => 2857746708
[bits] => 1d06cbd3
[difficulty] => 0.14713906
[previousblockhash] => 2ba9f2bcb9ae882ffaa43494ae91134c616887ddca600378e9a25eea778a2996
[nextblockhash] => 470ccb519cb54256c8ee09dce5753f87504b3b738b60807767d8f9f5630f166a
)
Blocks on CHAIN B are about 3 hours slower than those of CHAIN A.
Looking further, it's quite clear what is happening. Look at the log from CHAIN B:
SetBestChain: new best=7174e3eb00ce9294a1dd height=1979449 work=344439187775260 date=11/13/2015 15:26:08
ProcessBlock: ACCEPTED
received block f631a80d97e36e907520
SetBestChain: new best=f631a80d97e36e907520 height=1979450 work=344439819742338 date=11/13/2015 21:06:51
A gap of nearly 6 hours. Look even further:
SetBestChain: new best=1a3b9b9707b11e29582f height=1979466 work=344449931215586 date=11/14/2015 12:24:39
ProcessBlock: ACCEPTED
received block 9e8a3ee25eb17b10bf93
SetBestChain: new best=9e8a3ee25eb17b10bf93 height=1979467 work=344450563182664 date=11/15/2015 13:54:49
ProcessBlock: ACCEPTED
A 25+ hour gap.
Meanwhile, on CHAIN A, block #1979467 has already been extracted more than 2 days earlier at
Fri, 13 Nov 2015 11:18:10 GMT:
(
[hash] => 685cdccb27c54b02264f1090c37b94268480c92b82d3e6ab557f7bf8c56d51ad
[confirmations] => 12094
[size] => 205
[height] => 1979467
[version] => 1
[merkleroot] => 39caa872e52c7916d3e67beffb6022a3dffac7278e61ee51c0a4f8400a9f72a3
[tx] => Array
(
[0] => 39caa872e52c7916d3e67beffb6022a3dffac7278e61ee51c0a4f8400a9f72a3
)
[time] => 1447413490
[nonce] => 3710800501
[bits] => 1d06cbd3
[difficulty] => 0.14713906
[previousblockhash] => 114e7c4a85f6bc586b54d74c5995c6da2ef271ac464ac70c77388afa8267cd25
[nextblockhash] => 0de8b8298d5af0b705880e8b15037d21f29e65f49b881be30fe0e424b56f12d9
)
CHAIN A stalls at block #1983892 which is extracted at Sat, 14 Nov 2015 09:20:19 GMT.
(
[hash] => 1b376f511ce6ef8d1d3ccb984b4bbc7a8a12da0e3afd5c70252be12c2849f27b
[confirmations] => 7670
[size] => 205
[height] => 1983892
[version] => 1
[merkleroot] => 77dda279a75a4c521de8d5d43aeb8aa2a69ad5dbf4b31115089f5fe71c471e81
[tx] => Array
(
[0] => 77dda279a75a4c521de8d5d43aeb8aa2a69ad5dbf4b31115089f5fe71c471e81
)
[time] => 1447492819
[nonce] => 2157275238
[bits] => 1e06cbd0
[difficulty] => 0.00057477
[previousblockhash] => effda313591c20d2278096f7b1de7d1191356885ba5cdceaa09cb3bb5c8c189a
[nextblockhash] => 0ccfb8f1c3040349da5287ddba6c200724018ca98240c3d16f0dd8a9e6932f00
)
While the attack continues with blocks being extracted at a high rate on CHAIN B.
ProcessBlock: ACCEPTED
received block 00282fe75a60b8968f0a
SetBestChain: new best=00282fe75a60b8968f0a height=1979786 work=344652160680546 date=11/15/2015 18:38:58
ProcessBlock: ACCEPTED
received block 10dd49b954f485ddb53b
SetBestChain: new best=10dd49b954f485ddb53b height=1979787 work=344652792647624 date=11/15/2015 18:39:02
ProcessBlock: ACCEPTED
received block b2595485b4955154a280
SetBestChain: new best=b2595485b4955154a280 height=1979788 work=344653424614702 date=11/15/2015 18:39:13
ProcessBlock: ACCEPTED
received block bce58af2cd001a15b7ba
SetBestChain: new best=bce58af2cd001a15b7ba height=1979789 work=344654056581780 date=11/15/2015 18:39:27
ProcessBlock: ACCEPTED
received block f2bde72133f36b6efe37
SetBestChain: new best=f2bde72133f36b6efe37 height=1979790 work=344654688548858 date=11/15/2015 18:39:57
ProcessBlock: ACCEPTED
received block 39ea927ca41d1b3151bb
SetBestChain: new best=39ea927ca41d1b3151bb height=1979791 work=344655320515936 date=11/15/2015 18:41:07
...
4,426 blocks are mined in a period of 13 hours and by block #1983893 CHAIN B (Mon, 16 Nov 2015 03:27:16 GMT) is now ahead of CHAIN A (Thu, 26 Nov 2015 04:05:03 GMT):
CHAIN B:
{
"hash" : "a8d852c427110b57b16e1bbeebdaea0bc1ac94c63f6ca39697392bea94c3f3d7",
"confirmations" : 25972,
"size" : 317,
"height" : 1983893,
"version" : 1,
"merkleroot" : "ae78c0e941fc74016f3fa9b6ed9a8a2d194b45f9c1368f1a34584e194b12d992",
"tx" : [
"ae78c0e941fc74016f3fa9b6ed9a8a2d194b45f9c1368f1a34584e194b12d992"
],
"time" : 1447644436,
"nonce" : 1542849024,
"bits" : "1e06cbd0",
"difficulty" : 0.00057477,
"previousblockhash" : "39888a17161be5242f22d17fdc4cf2bbe555db654bf951161bc06356293d3168",
"nextblockhash" : "ea0f9dfa35e6daeeeae72e7d1e6924cccf8c49db5e19cc8e583691b3deb9ee20"
}
CHAIN A:
Array
(
[hash] => 0ccfb8f1c3040349da5287ddba6c200724018ca98240c3d16f0dd8a9e6932f00
[confirmations] => 7669
[size] => 3165
[height] => 1983893
[version] => 1
[merkleroot] => 158ebfa755bd4e2d17c9a502a6204c4d5ff11f4bfacba13af97353bbbabf5290
[tx] => Array
(
[0] => b8857d17ec1a3e4b213909d5a63b6daef74fdbd8c6325aa89e435831512ede5a
[1] => e3330a2c5c9a39f08d5f6e1f4aa39f97c48c85a31b7c86d3e18e52c07fda620b
[2] => 658829014933092f697ca58cc13e83f29f030c88f56790bb5dbcfd48b3e29216
[3] => 4ef1e8da53968ffa04f44ef1b4f07cacfcb12edd6c52fe0d8cbccd6bcb9e5fa0
[4] => 98420e95b67399d303d5d2c8c706d72b01bfc7db6b66013df03524496cd9dd74
[5] => 57314196a1f32eba9631f2b27cc6894e027bd2803b725c74f0abd6c0e5397df0
[6] => fd5b47c25e370fbf999fa4dc382c37f1cf9571ad1a1864e6dec23e8c54fcfd7f
[7] => 95434f95d28bdae57149ec52dd449ca7488bbb4c46b4da87616f5477f009acb1
[8] => 16522c8731ff6a2995e89b5719e0b5e4f062c30f85f24578501db5b587e3e5ce
[9] => a1215262e55f06358dcad78ed7c162bf575db7a3bf04270abc6ea81150164162
[10] => 29c0904dffda2040e6c183d8987611d1588ae26b5938334d0f871dc92468f21b
[11] => 03d595c1c2377f1b5787e2749d9d071b5966fa58ed7f68e8b73b93442cb81215
[12] => 1dabc452eac51f63b30e874f90995958f333b977966b0a8ce4ff9466c4c9b239
[13] => 43bbb679302e3768bd166c14c0218e010d14f1f3bf887dfb4949a73c002d0416
[14] => 6c16e09af4845390d2f963db6aecac2d1fc22ca1ae874b73e33511ae9f7a9e40
)
[time] => 1448510703
[nonce] => 1848770560
[bits] => 1e06cbd0
[difficulty] => 0.00057477
[previousblockhash] => 1b376f511ce6ef8d1d3ccb984b4bbc7a8a12da0e3afd5c70252be12c2849f27b
[nextblockhash] => 9902f32ceb4b11a5abd913c9c7dd2cd5034b557bcac991558d4b36461bf43e88
)
There is a huge fork and it will take a very long time to re-organize it's self.