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Signed latest block announcement against block withholding attacks through DHT #369

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qstokkink opened this issue Nov 15, 2018 · 1 comment
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Signed latest block announcement against block withholding attacks through DHT #369

qstokkink opened this issue Nov 15, 2018 · 1 comment
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qstokkink commented Nov 15, 2018 •
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Right now it would be possible to perform a block withholding attack in the TrustChain. By announcing the latest signed block through the DHT, we can enforce the honesty of peers. This mechanism would also enforce peers to commit to a single main chain, instead of forking a lot of subchains.
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This should now be addressed in PR #349.

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