🔖 Title: From the forums: one-confirmation attack
🏷️ Categories: Bitcoin-development
👥 Authors:
• Mike Hearn ( Mike Hearn [ARCHIVE] (npub17ty…qgyd) )
• theymos ( theymos [ARCHIVE] (npub10vt…per0) )
• Gregory Maxwell ( Gregory Maxwell [ARCHIVE] (npub1f2n…rwet) )
• Gavin Andresen ( Gavin Andresen [ARCHIVE] (npub1s4l…44kw) )
• Joel Joonatan Kaartinen ( Joel Joonatan Kaartinen [ARCHIVE] (npub1654…8xrx) )
🗒️ Conversation Summary: The Bitcoin community discusses the risks of a "Finney attack" and the importance of not accepting 1-confirmation transactions and being well-connected. Gavin Andresen proposes a confidence measure for transaction reliability and a placeholder for faster confirmation. The community also discusses the potential risks of double-spending attacks and the importance of relaying new transactions normally to prevent them.
📅 Messages Date: 2011-08-18
✉️ Message Count: 8
📚 Total Characters in Messages: 10333
npub15g…x08lk
2023-06-07 04:16:20
Author Public Key
npub15g7m7mrveqlpfnpa7njke3ccghmpryyqsn87vg8g8eqvqmxd60gqmx08lkPublished at
2023-06-07 04:16:20Event JSON
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"content": "🔖 Title: From the forums: one-confirmation attack\n🏷️ Categories: Bitcoin-development\n👥 Authors: \n• Mike Hearn ( nostr:npub17ty4mumkv43w8wtt0xsz2jypck0gvw0j8xrcg6tpea25z2nh7meqf4qgyd )\n• theymos ( nostr:npub10vt6y7m6shn8hfuj83zjlwcga4fky38kv73qz6xlcvtj4q7fjt0sqmper0 )\n• Gregory Maxwell ( nostr:npub1f2nvlx49er5c7sqa43src6ssyp6snd4qwvtkwm5avc2l84cs84esecrwet )\n• Gavin Andresen ( nostr:npub1s4lj77xuzcu7wy04afcr487f0r3za0f8n2775xrpkld2sv639mjqsd44kw )\n• Joel Joonatan Kaartinen ( nostr:npub1654pkuj4rway0043gcu6rdh4umxescp7ew42d2czqvts3kwvg3esc48xrx )\n🗒️ Conversation Summary: The Bitcoin community discusses the risks of a \"Finney attack\" and the importance of not accepting 1-confirmation transactions and being well-connected. Gavin Andresen proposes a confidence measure for transaction reliability and a placeholder for faster confirmation. The community also discusses the potential risks of double-spending attacks and the importance of relaying new transactions normally to prevent them.\n📅 Messages Date: 2011-08-18\n✉️ Message Count: 8\n📚 Total Characters in Messages: 10333\n",
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