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Man Behind Week-Long Bitcoin Attacks Reveals Himself

Posted by samzenpus on from the out-of-the-shadows dept.

An anonymous reader writes: A Russian man that calls himself "Alister Maclin" has been disrupting the Bitcoin network for over a week, creating duplicate transactions, and annoying users. According to Bitcoin experts, the attack was not dangerous and is the equivalent of "spam" on the Bitcoin blockchain servers, known in the industry as a "malleability attack," creating duplicate transactions, but not affecting Bitcoin funds. Maclin recently gave an interview to Vice.

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  1. What doesn't kill bitcoin will make it stronger by JcMorin · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Bitcoin evolve and update it's codebase to adapt those kind of scenarios. Remember it's an experimental currency, so far so good!