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Re:Attack of the 50 foot Blockchain (2017) by keymone on Thursday July 15, 2021 @10:29AM (#27845161)
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

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Re:Attack of the 50 foot Blockchain (2017) by user-the-name on Thursday July 15, 2021 @10:37AM (#27845269)
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.
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