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Topic: Possible consequences of the txID Mutation DDoS? (Read 1053 times)

legendary
Activity: 1022
Merit: 1000
February 12, 2014, 02:15:59 PM
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Can I send BTC in the mean time or is it too dangerous?
sr. member
Activity: 271
Merit: 250
i think an update will be pushed out the coming days or weeks that makes this whole issue a thing of the past. Give the devs a few days to work on it. It will be sortet eventually.
legendary
Activity: 1022
Merit: 1000
OP in this post:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/stats-on-malled-transactions-459678

keeps track of all the mutated txs and says that we are approaching the 60k tx limit per day of THE WHOLE NETWORK. Does that mean the attacker could basically take up a big chunk of all transactions with his dust and mutate all the other valid transaction going through?
legendary
Activity: 1022
Merit: 1000
OK, we all know by now that some wallets like Satoshi's own Bitcoinqt can display funky balances and that it could be used to scam exchanges out of some Bitcoins but apart from that: What are the consequences? Could the whole Bitcoin network be brought to a grinding halt? Could somebody steal some coins somewhere else? Please state below and explain why. Added Bonus for quotes or citations!
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