Re: ASICMINER: Entering the Future of ASIC Mining by Inventing It
WHERE IS THE HERO WE NEED BUT NOT DESERVE?!
Sorry for [kinda] OT, but...
Greetings Eligius miners,
So, after some investigation over the past month or so, it turns out a couple of clients/addresses were involved in a block withholding attack against Eligius which has cost us an estimated 300 BTC, and likely miners of other pools as well. A block withholding attack is where a miner submits low difficulty shares but does not submit block solutions so they appear to be working for the pool and continue to get paid while not actually doing useful work for the pool.
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So, after some investigation over the past month or so, it turns out a couple of clients/addresses were involved in a block withholding attack against Eligius which has cost us an estimated 300 BTC, and likely miners of other pools as well. A block withholding attack is where a miner submits low difficulty shares but does not submit block solutions so they appear to be working for the pool and continue to get paid while not actually doing useful work for the pool.
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