Bitcoin bug allowed miners to run code on other people’s nodes
A Bitcoin Core validation bug could have let miners remotely crash and execute operations on other people’s full nodes.
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EXCLUSIVE: Lawyers call Bitcoin Core v30 CSAM concerns ‘overblown’
Bitcoin Knots supporters have argued that a change to an upcoming release of Bitcoin Core could open node operators up to legal attacks.
Bitcoin Core drops OP_RETURN deprecation hours before v30 release month
The accommodation signaled a slight victory for Knots node operators who have protested Core’s easements of OP_RETURN’s datacarriersize.
Does Michael Saylor even understand Bitcoin Core vs. Knots?
Bitcoin Treasuries NYC Unconference attendees hoped for a better answer from Michael Saylor about the ongoing Core vs. Knots debate.
Bitcoin devs cheer block reconstruction stats, ignore security budget concerns
Bitcoin Core developers omitted red charts of transaction fees when they cheered a green chart of block reconstruction stats.
Knots leader says Bitcoin Core v30 could host illegal adult content
Opponents of data storage increases in Bitcoin Core version 30 are warning about the potential for relaying illegal content across nodes.
You can now spam JPEGs in Bitcoin private keys
BitMEX Research has invented a new method for storing spam data in Bitcoin transactions wholly outside of the popular OP_RETURN tool.
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.
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 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.