Post by Citizen

15w1Se…wYwq Key · twetch

Why are these folks mining empty blocks?

What the chain says
Block
659 117
Time
2020-10-30T11:05:45Z
Signer
15w1SeoW9fvLX2EVvX7MuD1JPxpfLYwYwq
App
twetch
Type
post
Content type
text/plain

Fields the transaction did not carry are omitted. Open the payload to see the bytes as stored.

Signed by 15w1SeoW9fvLX2EVvX7MuD1JPxpfLYwYwq Verified

Replies (6)

1K3F5A…ziH7 Key · twetch
Replying to@15w1Se…wYwq

shark pool reverse attack 👀

15w1Se…wYwq Key · twetch
Replying to@1K3F5A…ziH7

Is it possible to effectively blacklist a bad miner with that much hash or is that just begging for a chain split?

1L4RWa…w5kd Key · twetch
Replying to@15w1Se…wYwq

Producing giant blocks with a lot of fees is a way to fix this

15w1Se…wYwq Key · twetch
Replying to@1L4RWa…w5kd

It mitigates it (a lot, compared to what BTC could manage if they had an equivalently sized bad actor) but their behavior is still delaying initial confirmations.

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