Bitcoin supply discrepancy

[larry_vw_1955]

One of the 2 most recent blocks (501,726) seems to be a failed attempt in merge mining RootStock, the miner successfully includes the RSK block hashes but forgets to also include another output claiming the block's reward. Possibly in their code, instead of adding the output to the output array they replaced the array with a new one.

so if it was faulty code, it cost them about half a million dollars  could have hired alot of software people to make sure it worked properly and had money left over. the question is: have they fixed that bug now? since it apparently hasn't happen again maybe but maybe they just didn't mine another block again.

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[darkv0rt3x]

Nice work @n0nce. Do you have a dedicated thread to this project or you just have what you posted here? I found it interesting as I also like to do small things at home in my (little) spare time.

I'm going to make a new topic for the project, haven't had the time to do it yet.

Also: my first post of this year's April first and I see this..
Good job, theymos.

Nice. Let me know when you create it. I always enjoy to see what others are up to when it involves electronics, programming and Bitcoin. Those can always be interesting projects to follow. I'm still looking for "mine" but I always come short of imagination/ideas.

[o_e_l_e_o]

so if it was faulty code, it cost them about half a million dollars  

Well, at the time it was closer to ~$160,000.

the question is: have they fixed that bug now?

Who knows. The mistake hasn't been repeated though, so presumably the miner realized their mistake and changed their code so it wouldn't happen again, although as far as I am aware no one has ever admitted it was their fault. There are still a number of pools including RSK commitments to their coinbase transactions, such as Binance, AntPool, and Poolin.