Why are we bleeding nodes?



Summary:

In May 2014, a user named bitcoingrant at gmx.com reported that China had updated its firewall and blocked bitcoin sites and pools. It was unclear whether this was a simple blacklist or more sophisticated packet targeting, but the update specifically targeted VPN handshakes. This led to a question about the possibility of a blockchain fork due to a network split.


Updated on: 2023-06-08T18:42:54.403136+00:00