Bitcoin Core devs think it would be easy, and funny, to attack Knots
Prominent Bitcoin Core developers and influencers were laughing while describing a denial of service (DoS) attack against Knots nodes.
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Bitcoin Core devs call dissidents ‘Knotzis,’ find bug in their software
The OP_RETURN war has degraded into childish rhetorical tactics, with Bitcoin Core devs laughing at Knots node operators.
Bitcoin Core dev Peter Todd shilling a Joker memecoin for $5,000
The Joker themed "HAHA" memecoin shilled by Peter Todd initially rug pulled before buyers sent it rocketing over 4,500% 24 hours later.
Three sneaky changes in Bitcoin Core v30 are confusing node operators
Bitcoin Core v30 will dramatically raise the mempool storage allowance of nodes for arbitrary data unrelated to the on-chain movement of BTC.
Bitcoin devs warn of fork risk to miners as fees crash
Bitcoin mining pool operators achieved a dramatic reduction in minimum fees yet inadvertently shot themselves in the foot.
Bitcoin’s transaction fees have fallen to a multi-year low
The percent of BTC miner revenue from fees has hit its lowest rate since 2022 and is suffering from a 90% reduction in fee minimums.
Bitcoin Core devs finally patch 5-year old disk fill bug
Bitcoin Core developers have been working on patching a pesky bug affecting full node software operators called the disk fill attack.
Bitcoin hits $122K but onchain activity sinks to multi-year low
Demand for Bitcoin blockspace is so low that some node operators want to reduce transaction fee minimums from about $0.18 to less than $0.01.
Bitcoin dev wants to ban 3,000 Knots nodes amid OP_RETURN clash
A controversial ban list of Bitcoin Knots operators allows you to disconnect and excommunicate them from your node.
OP_RETURN dissident plans to sell his bitcoin in protest
A resistance leader opposed to an OP_RETURN change to Bitcoin Core has expressed profound disappointment and will sell all of his BTC.