Friday, September 21, 2018

The Next Web: Bitcoin devs warn of possible chainsplit following severe DDoS vulnerability by Matthew Beedham

Bitcoin Core developers say there is a chance the network could suffer a "chainsplit," and that long-confirmed transactions could be reversed. Read more at The Next Web »

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