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> They don't calculate the difficulty correctly? Yes. It's possible to create a long chain at low difficulty and the original bitcoin client protects against t
by sysk 11y ago
> They don't calculate the difficulty correctly?
Yes. It's possible to create a long chain at low difficulty and the original bitcoin client protects against that by computing the total "work" that has gone in a chain. However, Electrum just assumes that the longest chain will be the one which has most "work" in it which is wrong.
- zaroth 11y agoThat would be a pretty lame bug! It's the difference between "chainLength++;" and "chainLength+=pow;"