Attacks on the Blake Coin Network and PoolsI find it strange that there are few critics who have complaints about the blake coin ecosystem but the pools are being attacked more often than Mt. Gox ever was (even before it went down). The bitcoin purists take a position that any alt coin is a shit coin. They are entitled to an opinion but the number of people who feel that way is shrinking. The media attention, places like coin desk and mainstream media sticks to doge and litecoin and other coins they are paid to write articles about. I can't prove that but it is pretty obvious when you look at what does and does not get press. If you disagree fine since that is not central to the point I intend to make here. People who are let us say 'clued in' from a technology standpoint understand the advantages of Blake 256 over all other coin systems including bitcoin currently available. (even though we owe framework to bitcoin --- this is fully allowed in open source development) The technology experts cannot knock the blake 256 system , so they ignore it. They pretend it does not exist.
If we never got attacked or got an attack once a month on one pool perhaps , this is what I would expect.
I have been in touch with a few people who run other coins (some major and minor players) and discussed how often their pools are attacked.
Basically the answers add up to no where near as often as the pools being run by Bluedragon747.
So , what is going on here. Do we have enemies ? I cannot imagine who they would be or why they would go through such trouble and expense to attack someone elses coin network. Bluedragon747 is always helpful to people and even when I approached him as a stranger about a year ago he took the time to answer my questions about blake coin. I may not be the most charming person around but you try being a woman around here and I think under the circumstances I do not feel I have ever done or said anything that would justify attacks like this. The other core members of the team are like saints in my opinoin. They are helpful, contribute to the project and as a team I am proud to be a member of the blake 256 development team.
But before we get warm and fuzzy, why are the pools being attacked ?
I refuse to believe there is a conspiracy of bitcoin purists who see the true advantages of blake 256 and want to 'stamp' it out of the world.
If I am wrong and any of us have upset or pissed someone off please correct me.
Since not everyone knows what a denial of service attack is here is a quick brush up in these two linked articles.
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/zombie-computer3.htm/printablehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attackNow it is common knowledge that on the dark part of the web where you need the onion router to even visit some sites you can purchase almost anything , including cyber attacks. I assume the attacker(s) are doing this. I looked at a few of the logs from some of the attacks and since they are coming from all over the world this indicates a well organized effort.
So blakecoin, photon, universal mol, electron, blake bitcoin and, lithium are the most 'attacked' coins on the web even more than bitcoin or litecoin.
I think whoever is behind the attacks needs to stand up and state what the problem is. Obviously we are not going to shut down the network or the pools and you may have slowed a few of the pools down but you are not able to shut us down ever. We are not going to abandon blake 256 development. Many enhancements are on the way. So we can continue like this and you can throw hundreds or thousands of dollars away every day and every week wasting your time to attempt to discourage us (which is not going to happen) or you can state what the problem is. Join society. You can post to this forum or other places under a fake name.
The alternative is I will personally investigate and hire if necessary professionals (and believe me from my connections on twitter I know the best in the world) to weed you out. Some of these hackers owe me a favor or two so it may not cost me much but the cost to whoever is behind these attacks could be high.
I won't call the authorities on you since I like to setttle things without the cops ect.... but I guarantee most of the other members of the team will report you to the authorities and no matter what country you are in I will make sure the evidence is sufficient to prove the identity of the person ordering the attacks , even if the people you are hiring have to go down and rat on you , they will give you up in seconds..... i don't care if you paid them in bitcoin or how you paid them I will trace it and tie it back to who is responsible.
So , consider your next action carefully, you can join the real world or keep knocking your head against the wall until you really hurt yourself.
I leave you with the mythology of Tantalus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus
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