This started out as a little dirty hack for myself but as Bitcoin is quite boring today I polished it a little and so with this post consider it as released!
Freakin' sweet
Could you at some minimal/soft ding / pulse sounds so i can leave the page open at the office ?
Our initial investigations indicate that a vendor exploited a recently discovered vulnerability in the Bitcoin protocol known as "transaction malleability" to repeatedly withdraw coins from our system until it was completely empty.
Hmmm. It's making its rounds through chats but i would take this with a grain of salt
as you can clearly see the bitcoin network is working just fine, despite what some would have you believe
the problem lies in the custom built wallet software exchanges implemented.
attacker(s) are, unsuccessfully, trying to fool these exchange into thinking tx are not occurring when they really are
bitcoin dev are working to resolve this problem by working with exchanges, miners, and also thinking about possible protocol updates to completely remove all possibility of future attacks.
now look back and see who has been spreading FUD, and click ignore.
I posted the link so everyone could see the protocll is working. Not for spreading FUD. . . Next time i should at a disclaimer / my opinion.
So why does Mt. Gox experience this issue? They run a custom Bitcoin daemon, with a custom implementation of the Bitcoin protocol. Their implementation, against all advice, does rely on the transaction ID, which makes this attack possible. They have actually been warned about it months ago by gmaxwell, and have apparently decided to ignore this warning.
In other words, this is not a vulnerability in the Bitcoin protocol, but an implementation error in Mt. Gox' custom Bitcoin software.
My thoughts exactly.
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Re: [OFFICIAL]Bitfinex.com first Bitcoin P2P lending platform for leverage trading
I am to unhappy with trading beeing halted. But we are playing an early adopters game. Be prepared. Spread your coins/usd to other exchanges, place catch orders, .... This isn't the first time this is happening in the world of bitcoins
Bitfinex - Please contact me IMMEDIATELY - there is unaccountable activity in my account.
I have 'auto-renew' on, but funds have been sent to the exchange wallet and BTC bought. Also, I couldn't login, had to change the password ... wtf?? Auto-renew is still on, but I'm holding BTC that I never traded ...
It looks like someone was preparing to make a withdrawal .... omg. Damage right now is that I own BTC at a bad price ... but can be reversed. But we need to figure out what has happened ...
Did you try to contact them by e-mail? Sorry if your account was highjacked : / No 2-Factor-Auth enabled?
It seems as the other exchanges are just watching what MtGox does but are not following it directly. 750 on stamp/btce seems very unlikey. But well see. I'm out till next 4h close
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Re: [OFFICIAL]Bitfinex.com first Bitcoin P2P lending platform for leverage trading
Can anyone explain to me why GOX crashed/is crashing?
If I had any fiat sitting on that exchange I'd be buying as much coin as I could with it and moving it to another exchange ASAP. So why isn't the price skyrocketing?