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April 05, 2011, 07:48:20 PM
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Can Somebody Explain The "Strange Blocks" Found On BlockExplorer.com?
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There are several different types of Bitcoin clients. The most secure are full nodes like Bitcoin Core, but full nodes are more resource-heavy, and they must do a lengthy initial syncing process. As a result, lightweight clients with somewhat less security are commonly used.
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April 05, 2011, 07:49:23 PM
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The one I know of is the one that generated a few billion coins. That was a bug in the client, and the block was invalidated.
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April 05, 2011, 10:19:11 PM
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"Strange transactions" are transactions containing inputs/outputs with unusual scripts. There are no "strange blocks".
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April 06, 2011, 08:05:53 AM
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Quote from: TheKid on April 05, 2011, 07:49:23 PM
The one I know of is the one that generated a few billion coins. That was a bug in the client, and the block was invalidated.

Can you expand on this? The one I am looking at is at the bottom of blockexplorer.com currently. It claims that 3 blocks all had different hash values and slightly different (albeit very low) number of BTC sent...

What happened there?
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April 06, 2011, 09:43:39 AM
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Quote from: gigabytecoin on April 06, 2011, 08:05:53 AM
Quote from: TheKid on April 05, 2011, 07:49:23 PM
The one I know of is the one that generated a few billion coins. That was a bug in the client, and the block was invalidated.

Can you expand on this? The one I am looking at is at the bottom of blockexplorer.com currently. It claims that 3 blocks all had different hash values and slightly different (albeit very low) number of BTC sent...

What happened there?
Someone filled those transactions with "OP_CHECKSIG" commands in a potential denial of service attack due to the additional work incurred by the network to process them, back in July.  An update to BitCoin fixed the vulnerability without needing a fork.
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April 06, 2011, 06:21:15 PM
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Quote from: eMansipater on April 06, 2011, 09:43:39 AM
Quote from: gigabytecoin on April 06, 2011, 08:05:53 AM
Quote from: TheKid on April 05, 2011, 07:49:23 PM
The one I know of is the one that generated a few billion coins. That was a bug in the client, and the block was invalidated.

Can you expand on this? The one I am looking at is at the bottom of blockexplorer.com currently. It claims that 3 blocks all had different hash values and slightly different (albeit very low) number of BTC sent...

What happened there?
Someone filled those transactions with "OP_CHECKSIG" commands in a potential denial of service attack due to the additional work incurred by the network to process them, back in July.  An update to BitCoin fixed the vulnerability without needing a fork.

Always well spoken eMansipater.

Thank you for the clarification.
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April 07, 2011, 01:33:18 AM
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Quote from: gigabytecoin on April 06, 2011, 06:21:15 PM
Quote from: eMansipater on April 06, 2011, 09:43:39 AM
Quote from: gigabytecoin on April 06, 2011, 08:05:53 AM
Quote from: TheKid on April 05, 2011, 07:49:23 PM
The one I know of is the one that generated a few billion coins. That was a bug in the client, and the block was invalidated.

Can you expand on this? The one I am looking at is at the bottom of blockexplorer.com currently. It claims that 3 blocks all had different hash values and slightly different (albeit very low) number of BTC sent...

What happened there?
Someone filled those transactions with "OP_CHECKSIG" commands in a potential denial of service attack due to the additional work incurred by the network to process them, back in July.  An update to BitCoin fixed the vulnerability without needing a fork.

Always well spoken eMansipater.

Thank you for the clarification.
You're more than welcome.
If you found my post helpful, feel free to send a small tip to 1QGukeKbBQbXHtV6LgkQa977LJ3YHXXW8B
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