Bitcoin Core fixes Tor trust and mining bugs
Bitcoin Core disclosed three already-patched flaws affecting compact block handling, Tor peer permissions and block template creation. No exploitation has been reported.
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The library
Browse everythingExplainers
26What a thing is, assuming nothing. Start here if the words are new.
- What is a Bitcoin change output?
- What is a Bitcoin outpoint?
- What is a Bitcoin confirmation?
- What is a Bitcoin compact block?
Guides
26Sit down and do one thing, with a way to check it worked.
- Decode a Bitcoin relative lock-time with Python
- Verify a Bitcoin signed message in Sparrow
- Test a Bitcoin transaction before broadcast with Bitcoin Core
- Label and export a Bitcoin wallet in Sparrow
Deep Dives
9The mechanism underneath, with the spec and the constants.
- The 2018 hash war, and what hashrate cannot decide
- Bitcoin has no balances, only unspent outputs
- How Bitcoin holds a ten-minute block interval
- The Lightning implementations, and how they differ
Features
13An argument, with the strongest version of the other side.
- The block size war, and what it settled
- Nobody is in charge of Bitcoin, which is the hard part
- Why You Should Accept Bitcoin at Your Beachfront Business
- Texas passes a Bitcoin reserve law: what changes