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From: Peter Todd <pete@petertodd•org>
To: Chris Priest <cp368202@ohiou•edu>
Cc: bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] We need to fix the block withholding attack
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 20:44:51 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151220044450.GA23942@muck> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAcC9yspsPs3gbumS4rTOg-P-=V=tycn2Z1nVPGGHwJ-nP+PBg@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 07:43:59PM -0800, Chris Priest via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> Then shouldn't this be something the pool deals with, not the bitcoin protocol?

There is no known way for pools - especially ones that allow anonymous
hashers - to effectively prevent block withholding attacks without
changing the Bitcoin protocol.

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'peter'[:-1]@petertodd.org
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  reply	other threads:[~2015-12-20  4:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-12-19 18:42 Peter Todd
2015-12-19 19:30 ` Bob McElrath
2015-12-19 20:03 ` jl2012
2015-12-20  3:34 ` Chris Priest
2015-12-20  3:36   ` Matt Corallo
2015-12-20  3:43     ` Chris Priest
2015-12-20  4:44       ` Peter Todd [this message]
2015-12-26  8:12         ` Multipool Admin
2015-12-27  4:10           ` Geir Harald Hansen
2015-12-28 19:12           ` Peter Todd
2015-12-28 19:30             ` Emin Gün Sirer
2015-12-28 19:35               ` Multipool Admin
2015-12-28 19:33             ` Multipool Admin
2015-12-28 20:26             ` Ivan Brightly
2015-12-29 18:59               ` Dave Scotese
2015-12-29 19:08                 ` Jonathan Toomim
2015-12-29 19:25                 ` Allen Piscitello
2015-12-29 21:51                   ` Dave Scotese
2015-12-20  3:40   ` jl2012
2015-12-20  3:47     ` Chris Priest
2015-12-20  4:24       ` jl2012
2015-12-20  5:12         ` Emin Gün Sirer
2015-12-20  7:39           ` Chris Priest
2015-12-20  7:56             ` Emin Gün Sirer
2015-12-20  8:30               ` Natanael
2015-12-20 11:38           ` Tier Nolan
2015-12-20 12:42             ` Natanael
2015-12-20 15:30               ` Tier Nolan
2015-12-20 13:28           ` Peter Todd
2015-12-20 17:00             ` Emin Gün Sirer
2015-12-21 11:39               ` Jannes Faber
2015-12-25 11:15                 ` Ittay
2015-12-25 12:00                   ` Jonathan Toomim
2015-12-25 12:02                   ` benevolent
2015-12-25 16:11                   ` Jannes Faber
2015-12-26  0:38               ` Geir Harald Hansen
2015-12-28 20:02               ` Peter Todd
2015-12-26  8:23             ` Eric Lombrozo
2015-12-26  8:26               ` Eric Lombrozo
2015-12-26 15:33               ` Jorge Timón
2015-12-26 17:38                 ` Eric Lombrozo
2015-12-26 18:01                   ` Jorge Timón
2015-12-26 16:09               ` Tier Nolan
2015-12-26 18:30                 ` Eric Lombrozo
2015-12-26 19:34                   ` Jorge Timón
2015-12-26 21:22               ` Jonathan Toomim
2015-12-27  4:33                 ` Emin Gün Sirer

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