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Re: Is provoking a fork on purpose a good thing ?
by
Nicolas Dorier
on 17/01/2015, 22:28:49 UTC
Imagine that you discover a fork condition between V1 and V2 of bitcoin core.
Surely enough, this should be reported to github, and test data must be updated.

No, please report security-critical issues (including consensus bugs) to the bitcoin-security mailing list: bitcoin-security@lists.sourceforge.net


I'd just like to know why you would consider it better than provoking the fork on purpose.
As I said, if published before being exploited, then it can potentially be used maliciously by someone in bitcoin-security mailing list, making more damage that if the discoverer just provoke it, then publish it after.