Topic: Adding a technical Security section to the FAQ (Read 973 times)
Most nodes require that any transaction for less than 0.01 BTC must provide a transaction fee of at least 0.01 BTC or they will not be accepted.
So a "flood of valid transactions" attack would end up being costly for the attacker.
So a "flood of valid transactions" attack would end up being costly for the attacker.
I didn't find anything in the Bitcoin FAQ about how the network shields itself from a flood of valid transactions intended to bring the network to a crawl; basically a DoS type of attack.
I'm sure you guys have thought about this and implemented measures such as accepting only a limited number of transactions/time from each peer, requiring a proof-of-work with each new transaction and dropping transactions with the lowest transaction fee when the queue of pending transactions fills up.
Sorry I don't have time to dig through the forum or the code to find what has been implemented. But having a "Security" section in the FAQ that answers these type of questions would be very helpful to build the confidence of potential users of Bitcoin.
I'm sure you guys have thought about this and implemented measures such as accepting only a limited number of transactions/time from each peer, requiring a proof-of-work with each new transaction and dropping transactions with the lowest transaction fee when the queue of pending transactions fills up.
Sorry I don't have time to dig through the forum or the code to find what has been implemented. But having a "Security" section in the FAQ that answers these type of questions would be very helpful to build the confidence of potential users of Bitcoin.
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