https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1617990
Best explanation I have found for non developer.
This might be wrong, but my understanding is that the some pre-0.8 clients database implementation couldn't handle large number of transactions from multiple addresses. So some clients can't handle blocks where there is transactions coming from very many addresses.
Topic: So what happened? (Read 1239 times)
I'm reading all these things about a glitch etcetera, but no topic really tells me what happened. I guess there is some topic about it but I must be overlooking it.. could someone point me in the right direction?
Executive Overview:
- http://bitcoin.org/chainfork.html
then:
Understanding why the call to rollback to v0.7 was made.
- https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/understanding-why-the-call-to-rollback-to-v07-was-made-152282
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/alert-chain-fork-caused-by-pre-08-clients-dealing-badly-with-large-blocks-152030
it's also the first sticky under the bitcoin discussion
it's also the first sticky under the bitcoin discussion
See the alert at the top of this page.
I'm reading all these things about a glitch etcetera, but no topic really tells me what happened. I guess there is some topic about it but I must be overlooking it.. could someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks!
Thanks!
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