Here Are Bitcoin And Ethereum’s Flaws, According To This Pentagon Investigation
Security firm Trail of Bits posted a report on potential vulnerabilities that can allegedly affect the Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) blockchain. Called “Are Blockchains Decentralized?”, the report was funded by the U.S. Department of Defense via its Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Related Reading | Response From Tether CTO On Reports Of Shorting USDT […]
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The Ethereum community is in emergency mode as showstoping findings from the Cornell team sent the soft-fork option out. The only choice now available is whether to hard-fork or not, a decision that must be made in just 16 days. DDos vulnerabilities were found in Ethereum’s softfork which allows an attacker to exploit the gas limit (comparable to bitcoin’s transaction fees) and, in effect, bring the whole network to a halt. Therefore, the “[s]oft fork is out” says George Hallam, spokesman for Ethereum’s foundation, speaking to CCN. The community now has to move incredibly quickly and make....
Cornell University professor of economics and former head of the IMF’s China division, Eswar Prasad, sees three major flaws in bitcoin. Because of these flaws, the professor says that “bitcoin really has set off something of a search for a better alternative.” Cornell University’s Professor of Economics Outlines Bitcoin’s Flaws Cornell economics professor Eswar Prasad talked about bitcoin’s flaws in an interview with CNBC Thursday. Prasad is the Nandlal P. Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy and professor of economics at the Charles H. Dyson School....
Ethereum’s switch to proof-of-stake is scheduled for mid-September. What are the possible risks? How does it work compared to Bitcoin’s proof-of-work consensus?
The United States Department of Defense has signed a $1.8 million partnership with two tech firms, to study Blockchain use in securing sensitive military data. Pentagon After ‘Highest Level Possible’ Protection. The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will work with Galois and Guardtime Federal to implement the latter’s Keyless....