There is quite a bit. A search for DDOS produces the following:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/can-governments-spam-or-ddos-the-bitcoin-network-to-death-128548
Protections I can think of are:
- tx fee (and the minimum tx fee) https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transaction_fee
- tx relay policy (only valid tx with valid fees are relayed)
- only valid blocks are relayed.
- blocks have a maximum size
- a node that continue to receive invalid tx/blocks from another node will disconnect from that node
That's my lay understanding of it.
Topic: DDOS the miners? (Read 1013 times)
I assume it is well established that this is not possible or a question that would only be asked by someone with little technical understanding.
I'd just like to know why it's presumably not possible, because it would be a pain wouldn't it? Sending lots of useless information to the network? How can we rely on people only sending transactions to the network?
What don't I understand here?
Thanks.
edit: I'm not saying their useless info would end up in the blockchain, I'm just saying the nodes would have to deal with loads of spam all the time.
edit: get technical, I love it
I'd just like to know why it's presumably not possible, because it would be a pain wouldn't it? Sending lots of useless information to the network? How can we rely on people only sending transactions to the network?
What don't I understand here?
Thanks.
edit: I'm not saying their useless info would end up in the blockchain, I'm just saying the nodes would have to deal with loads of spam all the time.
edit: get technical, I love it
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