Can anyone confirm if this is true/real?
22 sats \ 0 replies \ @niftynei OP 6 Jan
oh maybe it’s bsv only?? 😂
reply
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nub 7 Jan
This account has been all over GitHub, X and Reddit since ~ 8 months. Some concerns are real and can be resolved. People don’t react nicely and ridicule them so they seem to be on a mission to prove something. Also reports bugs in public most of the time.
Most of the issues reported are real.
reply
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @based 6 Jan
Since there's no details whatsoever, it can't be verified. I don't have reason to doubt it's true, but if there's a bug report it has been done in private so we don't know.
reply
0 sats \ 2 replies \ @030e0dca83 6 Jan
Can you explain it to me like I'm today years old in Bitcoin?
reply
525 sats \ 1 reply \ @rblb 6 Jan
Anonymous poster found a way to spam a bitcoin node and make it use more than the advertised "minimum requirements" , up to 4GB of memory for Bitcoin.
This causes low end devices (eg. < 4 GB raspberry pis) to shut down the process due to memory exhaustion.
The issue was originally found on BSV by the same poster, where due to their code changes, it can push the memory usage up to 256GB of ram, virtually crashing any (of the few) BSV nodes in the network.
The OP has yet to share more details, presumably aiming for a bug bounty, possibly from BSV. This leaves uncertainty about whether it's truly a bug in Bitcoin Core.
Allowing some spam is inevitable in these system, to avoid hurting good traffic, and having 4GB of memory usage under this 'attack' doesn't seem like a big deal.
However this is a big issue for BSV, since every node can be taken down from a single attacker apparently.
reply
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @030e0dca83 6 Jan
One hundred thanks
reply
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nitter 6 Jan
Twitter2Nitter
Clearnet: nitter.net | nitter.it | nitter.cz | nitter.at | nitter.unixfox.eu | nitter.poast.org | nitter.privacydev.net | nitter.d420.de | nitter.sethforprivacy.com | nitter.nicfab.eu | bird.habedieeh.re | nitter.salastil.com | nt.ggtyler.dev
Tor: nitter7bryz3..q553qd.onion | 26oq3gioiwcm..b4wwid.onion | vfaomgh4jxph..dauqad.onion | nitraeju2mip..evvuqd.onion | codeine3hsqn..brdqqd.onion
I2P: axd6uavsstsr..zf4q.b32.i2p | u6ikd6zndl3c..n2qa.b32.i2p | gseczlzmiv23..aoua.b32.i2p | tm4rwkeysv3z..4weq.b32.i2p | vernzdedoxuf..agva.b32.i2p
Lokinet: nitter.priv.loki/
Nitter is a free and open source alternative Twitter front-end focused on privacy and performance. Click here for more information.
reply