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| − | The '''July 2015 [[flood attack]]''' is an ongoing "stress test" of the Bitcoin network. The distributed attack has provoked hundreds of thousands of | + | The '''July 2015 [[flood attack]]''' is an ongoing "stress test" of the Bitcoin network. The distributed attack has provoked hundreds of thousands of [[transaction]]s, leaving over 80,000 in the [[mempool]] at one time.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3ck5z9/80000_unconfirmed_transactions_right_now/ 80,000 Unconfirmed Transactions right now]</ref><ref>{{cite btct|id=1113292|title=28 000 unconfirmed TXs|date=7 July 2015|post=11823370}}</ref> |
| − | Some single-word | + | Some single-word [[brainwallet]]s ("password", "cat", etc.) have been the recipients of thousands of transactions, leaving 0.00001 BTC outputs. [[F2Pool]] has been concatenating these outputs in huge 1MB transactions.<ref>{{cite tx|bb41a757f405890fb0f5856228e23b715702d714d59bf2b1feb70d8b2b4e3e08}}</ref><ref>{{cite tx|5d8875ed1707cfee2221741b3144e575aec4e0d6412eeffe1e0fa07335f61311}}</ref><ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3cgft7/largest_transaction_ever_mined_999657_kb_consumes/ Largest transaction ever mined, 999.657 KB. Consumes an entire block.]</ref> These transactions fill up an entire block on their own, and are far too large to be relayed by nodes; they have only been confirmed because F2Pool dedicated blocks to them. Some nodes report having spent over 20 seconds on one of these transactions, and may have temporarily disabled sites including [[Blockchain.info]] and [[TradeBlock]]. |
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Revision as of 17:06, 8 July 2015
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The July 2015 flood attack is an ongoing "stress test" of the Bitcoin network. The distributed attack has provoked hundreds of thousands of transactions, leaving over 80,000 in the mempool at one time.[1][2]
Some single-word brainwallets ("password", "cat", etc.) have been the recipients of thousands of transactions, leaving 0.00001 BTC outputs. F2Pool has been concatenating these outputs in huge 1MB transactions.[3][4][5] These transactions fill up an entire block on their own, and are far too large to be relayed by nodes; they have only been confirmed because F2Pool dedicated blocks to them. Some nodes report having spent over 20 seconds on one of these transactions, and may have temporarily disabled sites including Blockchain.info and TradeBlock.
References
- ↑ 80,000 Unconfirmed Transactions right now
- ↑ BitcoinTalk thread 1113292. 28 000 unconfirmed TXs 7 July 2015. Post 11823370.
- ↑ Transaction bb41a757f405890fb0f5856228e23b715702d714d59bf2b1feb70d8b2b4e3e08.
- ↑ Transaction 5d8875ed1707cfee2221741b3144e575aec4e0d6412eeffe1e0fa07335f61311.
- ↑ Largest transaction ever mined, 999.657 KB. Consumes an entire block.
