We need to fix the block withholding attack



Summary:

A potential solution to block withholding attacks is to provide a bonus to the miner who discovers the block. A discussion regarding this countermeasure can be found in Section 8.D. of Ittay's paper, which also includes analysis of other possible solutions. A link to the paper can be found at https://www.cs.cornell.edu/~ie53/publications/btcPoolsSP15.pdf.


Updated on: 2023-06-11T02:29:51.554743+00:00