diff --git a/_alerts/2015-07-04-spv-mining.html b/_alerts/2015-07-04-spv-mining.html index df56da9b..ebc7e5e9 100644 --- a/_alerts/2015-07-04-spv-mining.html +++ b/_alerts/2015-07-04-spv-mining.html @@ -4,26 +4,32 @@ alias: "spv-mining" active: true banner: "WARNING: many wallets currently vulnerable to double-spending of confirmed transactions (click here to read)" --- -

This document is being updated as new information arrives. Last -update: 2015-07-04 06:00 UTC

+update: 2015-07-04 07:00 UTC

+ +{% assign confs="30" %}

Summary

-

Some miners are currently generating invalid blocks. Bitcoin Core - 0.9.4 and earlier will accept these invalid blocks, making them - more vulnerable to double spends. This also applies to web wallets - from companies that still use 0.9.4 or earlier nodes.

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Your bitcoins are safe if you received them in transations confirmed before 2015-07-04 06:00 UTC.

-

Lightweight (SPV) wallets are also at increased risk, and will - remain so until all miners have switched back to full - validation.

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After that time, confirmation scores are not as reliable as they +usually are for users of certain software:

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Users of the above listed vulnerable software must either stop - accepting transactions—even if they are confirmed—or upgrade to Bitcoin - Core 0.10.2.

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Miners

@@ -49,6 +55,12 @@ systems.

  • P2Pool
  • +

    What's Happening

    + +

    Some miners are currently generating invalid blocks. Almost all +software besides Bitcoin Core 0.9.5 and later will accept these invalid +blocks under certain conditions.

    +

    More information to follow.