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OK, I did my good deed of the day and dropped by https://coinwallet.eu/.
Got an error message (blue coloring mine):
This webpage has a redirect loop
ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS
Ha ha ha!
Maybe I'll drop by again...
Topic: If *someone* is stressing BTC... Do you support stressing *someone*? - page 5. (Read 9593 times)
September 05, 2015, 03:14:02 PM
September 05, 2015, 03:03:33 PM
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3jjnnz/attacking_bitcoin_in_the_uk_offences_under_the/cupuun0
From Mike Hearn's reply to coinwallet.eu:
From Mike Hearn's reply to coinwallet.eu:
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We know that the address on your website is fake but consider this: you have a large footprint. You have a website, have been talking to the media, have been posting to reddit and are running Bitcoin nodes on the network. If you have made just one mistake that means people can find you, and if you live in a part of the world with a non-joke legal system, then you are very possibly going to end up in prison. You can't argue your way out of it as you seem to think you can.
September 05, 2015, 02:46:50 PM
Down on this end as well again.
September 05, 2015, 02:10:54 PM
CoinWallet.eu is totally down right know
September 05, 2015, 01:56:15 PM
downforeveryoneorjustme.com says it's up again, but I've cleared brower history/cache repeatedly and can't resolve the page. It did seem to come back up after 6-8 hours yesterday. Seems someone is definitely messing with them. 
September 05, 2015, 08:31:05 AM
They appear to be back up.
Nope not for me. Still down. And to be honest I wouldn't care if they stay down. Spamming the network the way they do and at the same time making propaganda for their own wallet is beneath contempt. F*** them I say!
September 05, 2015, 08:23:10 AM
Aaaaaaand they are down again.
"It's not just you! http://coinwallet.eu looks down from here. "
"It's not just you! http://coinwallet.eu looks down from here. "
September 05, 2015, 08:18:04 AM
For me yes why not ?
September 05, 2015, 02:18:26 AM
well, bitcoin can handle ddos much better than coinwallet it seems. sweet irony
September 05, 2015, 01:47:44 AM
What CoinWallet.eu is doing harms the reputation of Bitcoin. With them stressing Bitcoin, people who are unaware of this and pays a slightly lower fee would result in their transaction getting stuck on the blockchain. Especially if the transaction requires one confirmation to be processed. People who see this stress test would think that Bitcoin isn't as fast as other payment methods when it comes to daily goods and they would be less inclined to use it.
September 05, 2015, 01:31:46 AM
I've been periodically checking https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ This shit is nothing. Are nodes doing a much better job of filtering or is this attack wimpy? Right now tradeblock is saying the mempool is only 2.47MB. I remember the mempool was at 50MB+ in earlier attacks.
September 05, 2015, 12:08:46 AM
I was in the "don't DDOS them" camp until I realized they were pushing a 3rd-party web wallet agenda. That's scummy. Wouldn't even surprise me if these stress tests were an expensive attempt at advertisement, with the end game of eventually pulling an epic exit scam. 
September 04, 2015, 10:43:51 PM
Down again.
September 04, 2015, 07:50:31 PM
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I should however note that CoinWallet.eu is relatively immune to this form of 'attack' as our fees are dynamic and are set at 3x the standard limit. As always, CoinWallet clients will be unaffected by the test. More details will be posted publicly when the test is imminent.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/coinwallet-plans-bitcoin-dust-attack-september-create-30-day-transaction-backlog-1515981
Looks like they need CoinWallet XP.
Hours later, still going strong: http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/coinwallet.eu
Immune to this sort of attack, they say?
This is what makes bitcoin great.
September 04, 2015, 07:44:54 PM
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I should however note that CoinWallet.eu is relatively immune to this form of 'attack' as our fees are dynamic and are set at 3x the standard limit. As always, CoinWallet clients will be unaffected by the test. More details will be posted publicly when the test is imminent.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/coinwallet-plans-bitcoin-dust-attack-september-create-30-day-transaction-backlog-1515981
Looks like they need CoinWallet XP.
Hours later, still going strong: http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/coinwallet.eu
Immune to this sort of attack, they say?
September 04, 2015, 05:49:04 PM
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I should however note that CoinWallet.eu is relatively immune to this form of 'attack' as our fees are dynamic and are set at 3x the standard limit. As always, CoinWallet clients will be unaffected by the test. More details will be posted publicly when the test is imminent.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/coinwallet-plans-bitcoin-dust-attack-september-create-30-day-transaction-backlog-1515981
Looks like they need CoinWallet XP.
September 04, 2015, 05:31:50 PM
Not supporting them. Several tests like this should be done on a testnet first.
This is the best idea in the whole wide world. But I did not know of these folks until this debacle 😳
September 04, 2015, 05:29:19 PM
I don't know why people care about coinwallet.eu at all. They can't succeed anything without community support. That's very bad marketing strategy for them.
September 04, 2015, 05:26:53 PM
Haha
September 04, 2015, 05:15:02 PM
coinwallet.eu is under "stress test".
Somebody get this man a beer.
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