Link To Detecting Forks From Verifying Payment Section (thanks @saivann!)

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Another example could be to detect a fork when multiple peers report differing
block header hashes at the same block height. Your program can go into a safe mode if the
fork extends for more than two blocks, indicating a possible problem with the
block chain.
block chain. For more details, see the [Detecting Forks
subsection][section detecting forks].
Another good source of double-spend protection can be human intelligence. For
example, fraudsters may act differently from legitimate customers, letting

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<!-- [secp256k1]: http://www.secg.org/index.php?action=secg,docs_secg -->
[secp256k1]: http://perso.univ-rennes1.fr/sylvain.duquesne/master/standards/sec2_final.pdf
[section verifying payment]: /en/developer-guide#verifying-payment
[section detecting forks]: /en/developer-guide#detecting-forks
[bitcoin URI subsection]: /en/developer-guide#bitcoin-uri
[SHA256]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-2
[Stratum mining protocol]: http://mining.bitcoin.cz/stratum-mining