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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Aug 1 summary
by
Lauda
on 02/08/2017, 07:43:46 UTC
Wait wait wait let me get this straight......you mean replay protection on the BTC network?Huh
There is a difference between one sided and double sided replay protection.

what should this have to do with BCH/BCC network.....I though at this point he blocks were different......
but I see what you mean......but its sold as psuedo replay protection is implemented on the BCH network........
Think of the block that BCH forked at as a "snapshot" of Bitcoin. If there is no replay protection, there is no reason (if there is no protection) for which transactions from one chain couldn't be broadcasted on the other one (as long as the funds haven't moved on the chain that you're rebroadcasting to).

what are the logistical hurdles to a replay attack in your view?
It can lead to a lot of confusion, chaos and even loss of funds.

can this ever be safe.

can you explicitly elaborate?
Yes. The problem with BCH is that they intentionally obfuscated the changes to their clients, making review hard. Once things have been adequately reviewed and tested, i.e. the replay protection has proven itself to be working, then you can 99.9% safely transact.

I move my BTC to a new BTC addresses..then move my BCC to new BCC addresses..then it should be immune to replay as there would be nothing to move in a replay attack?
You can do that, yes. However, I am not sure whether the proposed clients (e.g. Electron) don't have any malicious code in them.

Your technical points are quite excellent, thank you.
You're welcome.

I should have said "it's currently 'worth'...." Although some here claim to have dumped already.
I am assuming it is mostly people who had balances on exchanges that instantly credited BCH, thus they were able to dump.