Why is this taking so long to resolve?
Surely it is in the mining pools interest to fall into line? Or is there something more sinister going on?
Re stress testing I suppose it needs to be done isnt bitcoin still classed as beta or am I missing the point?
It actually was resolved pretty fast. (6 blocks ~ 1h)
I guess the news at the top of the forum, is just a reminder that you should update your client.
Theoretically this could happen again(I highlty doubt it, since pools/miners already lost money) and the only prevention is to use a up-to-date client(or connect to an up-to-date node)
It is clearly not resolved. Look at the forum header and you will see. Things are not "back to normal" if you have to wait for ~30 confirmation on many clients. This is ongoing as of now until the above warning is removed.
Ok but this only is concerning to p2p transactions isnt it?
I mean if i get bitcoins from a trusted source, then what does it matter if they have 3 confirm or 30 confirm. For example if i buy bitcoin from coinbase, then obviously then wont double spend me neither with 2 confirm nor with 10 or 30 confirm.
This is only if i am doing business with a stranger right? So if i trade face to face with a stranger on the streets, for example 1 kilogram of lemons in exchange for 0.05
BTC, then if i go away after 10 confirm, he can still double-cross me and double spend the TX.
So i guess this entire "crisis" is only concerning to face-2-face trading and transactions, but not if you get your coins from trusted source right?