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Researchers Locate Flaw In Bitcoin Protocol

Posted by Unknown on from the path-of-least-information dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at Microsoft Research and Cornell identified a potential flaw in Bitcoin's transaction propagation. In a recent paper they show how miner nodes in the Bitcoin network have an incentive not to relay transactions to the rest of the network, and propose to implement a scheme that rewards nodes [PDF] for relaying messages."

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  1. Ayn Rand by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Can someone tell my why I've had Ayn Rand shoved down my throat 3 times in the past few hours online?

    There has to be some kookey Anon C who can map out the coarser details of her connection to the Illuminati for me.

    Please do. Thanks.