I dont hink there are any govs interested to spent resources on this.
It doesent take much to aquire an 0day, learn basic exploitation techniques etc.
Sysly, there are very effective exploitation/social engineering techniques that can be carried out by any individual with some common sense, if...
Thats correct as im aware. Its not a problem with mining itself ratehr than with the stratum server.
See spoiler:
Here is a quote from the guy who used the "exploit as he claimed":
Hehe, there are two things that can allow an altcoin to take lead over bitcoin a im aware. 1) if bitcoin is broken & 2) If bitcoin is replaced by something more innovative/userfriendly like casettes got replaced by cd's, cd's by dvd's by blueray and so on. Darkcoin indeed is very interesting...
Hi,
as i understood darksend there is a master node that will be randomly chosen.
Is it possible to trace the master node and exploit/stress it in order to harm the network and if so, what are measures taken to hide the identity of the master node?
To me it appears there is one central point...