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Re: Operation Shitcoin Cleanout and Clean Up Has Begun- Join the Revolution
by
LimLims
on 29/03/2014, 10:05:08 UTC
Forgive me if I don't closely follow the development of DarkCoin, but you did state that the DGW fixed all known time warp exploits in this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=505243.0.   
Due to exploits found in KGW, I've implemented a new difficulty retargeting algorithm called DarkGravityWave.

What is DarkGravityWave? It uses multiple exponential moving averages and a simple moving average to smoothly adjust the difficulty. This implementation is far more simplistic and better suited to adjust difficulty than KGW and also fixes all known exploits.

Here's the commit if you're interested:

https://github.com/evan82/darkcoin/commit/07c99052edc617975cdcbe4482e02c52e2d1fbf5

I, and others, tried to point out that the DGW was still vulnerable to the very time warp exploit the KGW is vulnerable to.  I haven't worked my way through the changes to the algorithm that you made three days ago, but it does appear you've gotten rid a portion of code I specifically referenced.  I have never stated that the DGW is better or worse than the KGW.  I have never stated that DarkCoin is a clone; don't put words in my mouth.  I have been trying to point out that DarkCoin was still vulnerable to attack, but I was not attacking DarkCoin. 

Just wondering if you looked through the more recent DGW changes, and what your thoughts were WRT exploits?