Mark Mason
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What Is a Poison Block Attack? by Dr. Darren Tapp
This is the fourth in a series of articles explaining technical concepts related to on-chain network scaling, block propagation, and other related subjects
In 2009 the world was introduced to its first Bitcoin node. Here node means a computer that runs special software that can service the Bitcoin network. Transactions are then put together into a block and released to the network. The block then needs to be disseminated to all nodes in the network. As there became more demand for Bitcoin transactions, a block might not reach every node as quickly as desired.
Read more - https://dashnews.org/what-is-a-poison-block-attack/
This is the fourth in a series of articles explaining technical concepts related to on-chain network scaling, block propagation, and other related subjects
In 2009 the world was introduced to its first Bitcoin node. Here node means a computer that runs special software that can service the Bitcoin network. Transactions are then put together into a block and released to the network. The block then needs to be disseminated to all nodes in the network. As there became more demand for Bitcoin transactions, a block might not reach every node as quickly as desired.
Read more - https://dashnews.org/what-is-a-poison-block-attack/