[bitcoin-dev] We need to fix the block withholding attack

Peter Todd pete at petertodd.org
Sun Dec 20 04:44:51 UTC 2015


On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 07:43:59PM -0800, Chris Priest via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> Then shouldn't this be something the pool deals with, not the bitcoin protocol?

There is no known way for pools - especially ones that allow anonymous
hashers - to effectively prevent block withholding attacks without
changing the Bitcoin protocol.

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'peter'[:-1]@petertodd.org
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