Editor’s Note: The article has been amended to take references to Bitcoin Core contributor Eric Lombrozo, who has confirmed to CCN that he is non related to ‘ciphera‘, every bit reported erroneously at the fourth dimension of publishing.
The empire strikes back. As the people ascent in addition to gain the bulk of miners who accept decided, Bitcoin Core developers accept gone on the attack.
A põrnikas on the overlay xThin customer has been exploited, rather than professionally in addition to rationally revealed, to post Bitcoin Unlimited nodes downward crashing. Miners are non affected every bit far every bit I am aware, but non-mining nodes are coming downward similar a rock.
The even is developing. Bitcoin Unlimited developers are far likewise busy addressing the affair in addition to coming upwards amongst a solution to response us or Earth at this call for inwards time, but nosotros wrote just hours before this assault that Bitcoin Core supporters were threatening amongst põrnikas exploits. Specifically, a someone who goes past times the handgrip of “ciphera” stated: “Running my fuzzer on the diffs BU accept from Core, in addition to accept already closed to crashes. Hopefully closed to of them are exploitable. Going to collect every bit many zero-days to unloosen at the close opportune fourth dimension possible.”
After 4 years, nosotros forthwith accept Bitcoin Core developers – who accept increased transaction fees to last uncompetitive amongst fifty-fifty PayPal, who accept created transaction delays that effort high frustration for users – unashamedly assault the people’s money.
Bitcoin Core, you lot acquit worse than standing armies. You wishing to imprison us. You wishing to chain us. You ban us, you lot censor us, you lot assault us. You wishing to centralize bitcoin inwards your ain hands where you lot tin give the axe operate the bugs you lot yourselves accept belike sneaked inwards the bitcoin clients every bit a agency of control.
You can’t win. Bitcoin volition exceed this test. Bitcoin volition withstand this attack. This artificial wall volition last brought down, whether inwards bitcoin itself or through another, maybe better, digital currency. These chains volition last broken. Liberty, if history has whatsoever say, volition triumph.
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