Quote from: AlexGR on September 04, 2014, 10:15:54 AM

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https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=583449.msg8664453#msg8664453

Um, wow. This could really do positive things for the price of DRK.

Someone in the XMR thread said this has already happened to DRK, when did it happen to DRK?

Link?

I think they just say drk forked a while ago, just like xmr now. nothing special

Yes, well, DRK forked because it was a planned upgrade in terms of system functionality and it could either work or not... XMR forked just because some hacker exploited their codebase. From what I read the suspicions are on the BCN camp as there has been some animosity lately between Monero and other CN-coins.

Personally I had highlighted what happened these last few weeks (low cost spam attack + vulnerability exploits of the code) as possible future risks:

Quote from: AlexGR on June 23, 2014, 05:58:55 PM

g) What is the cost to render the blockchain DOA for someone who wants to kill Monero, in terms of Bitcoins? Can a kid, a hacker, a government spend 10 BTCs and make the blockchain so bloated that it doesn't even load the wallet - killing my multi-million investment?
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k) What happens if the Bytecoin guys (who made the code) discover a flaw, patch it in their own coin and then kill the clones by exploiting the flaw? If they are really underground hackers that hate the Monero copycats, isn't that a real possibility?
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m) What assurances do I have that the codebase is solid? For all I know it's totally untested in public use, being public for 2 or 3 months. Even the boolberry dev openly declares it to be untested.

Having a 5yr code vs a few months old code, is certainly not the same in terms of being tested and robust.

Wow! You nailed it... months ago. Grin