Bitcoin Network Shaken by Blockchain Fork #bitcoin

Network Shaken by Blockchain Fork

Bitcoin Network Shaken by Blockchain Fork #bitcoin

What had happened was the following. The latest version 0.8 release of bitcoind, by far the most popular implementation of Bitcoin used by miners, switched the database that it used to store blocks and transactions from BerkeleyDB to the more efficient LevelDB as part of an effort to reduce blockchain synchronization time. However, what the developers did not realize at the time was that by doing so they also accidentally introduced a change to the rules of the Bitcoin protocol. In order to make an update to the database, the database process must make a “lock” on the part of the database which stores that particular item of information, a mechanism implemented to prevent two changes from occurring simultaneously and accidentally corrupting the database. In a b-tree, the data structure used by BerkeleyDB to store objects, two locks are required per update. However, Berkele...

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@khron » 05 Apr '13, 7pm
Interesujący opis jak sieć bitcoin podzieliła się na dwie niezależne sieci (po kilku godzinach jedna gałąź „uschła”) [link]
@brewster_kahle » 30 Mar '13, 11pm
@edd BitCoins are very very interesting. [link] [link] and unfragile: [link]
@adrianjchung » 21 Mar '13, 11pm
I guess this is what a Cyprus-like deposit levy and imposition of capital controls would look like in the bitcoin... [link]
@BitcoinOz » 15 Mar '13, 5am
Bitcoin Network Shaken by Blockchain Fork | Bitcoin Magazine: Yesterday, the Bitcoin network experien... [link] #bitcoin
@ollekullberg » 14 Mar '13, 8am
RT @timperrett: Interesting article about the recent fork of the bitcoin mining pools: [link]
@timperrett » 14 Mar '13, 3am
Interesting article about the recent fork of the bitcoin mining pools: [link]
@elultimobastion » 13 Mar '13, 9pm
@bustillo sobre bitcoin [link] la duplicación de la cadena por un bug en el nuevo cliente, en inglés pero muy bueno
@sneakatdatavibe » 13 Mar '13, 4pm
RT @ryandickherber: Bitcoin Magazine has a great discussion of the blockchain fork. [link]
@ryandickherber » 13 Mar '13, 4pm
Bitcoin Magazine has a great discussion of the blockchain fork. [link]
@bitcoin_ita » 13 Mar '13, 4pm
RT @jaromil: Yesterday #Bitcoin developers have shown the ability to face a serious challenge and very well [link] go sing the 0. blues
@jaromil » 13 Mar '13, 4pm
Yesterday #Bitcoin developers have shown the ability to face a serious challenge and very well [link] go sing the 0. blues
@BitcoinOz » 13 Mar '13, 2pm
Bitcoin Network Shaken By Blockchain Fork after updates to bitcoind [link] #bitcoin
@alaric » 13 Mar '13, 10am
@jasperwallace A good writeup on the fork: [link]
@darrenhopkinson » 13 Mar '13, 8am
Excellent analysis of the fork by Vitalik - [link] #bitcoin
@meezanrahman » 13 Mar '13, 2am
#Bitcoin Network Shaken by #BlockchainFork #BitcoinMagazine :[link]
@ivanpierre » 13 Mar '13, 12am
Bitcoin Network Shaken by Blockchain Fork | Bitcoin Magazine [link]
@UNIR » 13 Mar '13, 12am
RT @infobitcoin: Bitcoin Network Shaken by Blockchain Fork: Yesterday, the Bitcoin network experienced one of the most... [link] #bitcoin
@infobitcoin » 13 Mar '13, 12am
Bitcoin Network Shaken by Blockchain Fork: Yesterday, the Bitcoin network experienced one of the most... [link] #bitcoin
@ebenbayer » 12 Mar '13, 11pm
RT @martin_cochran: One honest client caused an outage of the bitcoin network. Does not speak well to its robustness as $ platform [link]
@martin_cochran » 12 Mar '13, 11pm
One honest client caused an outage of the bitcoin network. Does not speak well to its robustness as $ platform [link]
@Bitcoin24h » 12 Mar '13, 10pm
Bitcoin Network Shaken by Blockchain Fork: Yesterday, the Bitcoin network experienced one... [link] #Bitcoin @Bitcoin24h
@CrizzlesButtons » 12 Mar '13, 10pm
#news #bitcoin #btc Bitcoin Network Shaken by Blockchain Fork: Yesterday, the Bitcoin networ... [link] #alt #current #rt
@Nyr7 » 12 Mar '13, 10pm
Explicación para todos los públicos de qué pasó ayer por la noche con los BTC [link]
@MinAnonKonform » 12 Mar '13, 10pm
RT @BitcoinMagazine: Bitcoin Network Shaken by Blockchain Fork [link] #bitcoin
@BitcoinMagazine » 12 Mar '13, 10pm
Bitcoin Network Shaken by Blockchain Fork [link] #bitcoin
@BitcoinLIVE » 12 Mar '13, 10pm
Bitcoin Network Shaken by Blockchain Fork [link] #bitcoin
@ilovebitcoins » 12 Mar '13, 10pm
Bitcoin Network Shaken by Blockchain Fork [link] #bitcoin
@johnkt09 » 12 Mar '13, 10pm
RT @BitcoinMagazine: Bitcoin Network Shaken by Blockchain Fork [link] #bitcoin