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I mean a technical TlDr of how the actual attack works.
by founderling 7y ago
I mean a technical TlDr of how the actual attack works.
- tadkar 7y agoBasically use the web APIs to issue two spend requests almost simultaneously, and the fact that it takes time for the database to synchronize means you can double spend. As the posters above are saying, it’s very similar to a race condition.
- dc_gregory 7y agoThe technical TLDR is "db level race condition", or the title of the article.