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Why it takes so long? Because network is being DoSed. How? By sending a lot of small transaction to fill out blocks - they also pay for those transactions. Why?
by al_chemist 11y ago
Why it takes so long? Because network is being DoSed.
How? By sending a lot of small transaction to fill out blocks - they also pay for those transactions.
Why? Well, to prove the point. "You need bigger block, you need our fork".
DDoS - the best weapon of Internet, still undefeated.
- eterm 11y agoThey're paying, so who gets to declare them a "ddos". Also if <2 transactions per second is "ddos" then the protocol is flawed.
- stale2002 11y agoLol wut? It's the classic nodes being DOSed. Also, the whole network being full isn't even supposed to be a problem, according to Core. Prices will just rise? Correct?
- makomk 11y agoThis has been going on, on and off, since before Classic and XT and all the others were announced. Someone's been spending a fairly substantial amount in transaction fees to send spam transactions in order to "prove" that the block size needs to be increased and openly bragging about it.
- PascalsMugger 11y agoDoesn't the action actually prove the point? At the very least, it's proof that the network is vulnerable to this kind of attack. Seeing as it has been ongoing, it can't be that expensive to do, since it isn't really going to result in a financial payoff for the attacker.