Re:Attack of the 50 foot Blockchain (2017)
by keymone on Thursday July 15, 2021 @10:29AM
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well i'm glad you've conceded all the ground from "it's unsolvable comp sci problem" up until "but one can DoS the tiny payments by spamming". i've covered a mile, you're still fighting for inches, i think that's enough for me. cheers, i'm glad you learned a lot about lightning today!
p.s. i'm sure you can google about DoS attacks on lightning and how to deal with them yourself
Re:Attack of the 50 foot Blockchain (2017)
by user-the-name on Thursday July 15, 2021 @10:37AM
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No, it's still an unsolvable problem. But it seems a kludge has been added that makes the damage a tiny bit smaller, and also introduces a massive vulnerability, so I wouldn't exactly call that a win.
Maybe you are right that I do not know enough about the Lightning network, because I was not aware there was a vulnerability that big and easy to exploit built into it.