jl2012 [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2015-12-18 📝 Original message:Jonathan Toomim via ...
📅 Original date posted:2015-12-18
📝 Original message:Jonathan Toomim via bitcoin-dev 於 2015-12-17 21:47 寫到:
> Mallory wants to defraud Bob with a 1 BTC payment for some beer. Bob
> runs the old rules. Bob creates a p2pkh address for Mallory to use.
> Mallory takes 1 BTC, and creates an invalid SegWit transaction that
> Bob cannot properly validate and that pays into one of Mallory's
> wallets. Mallory then immediately spends the unconfirmed transaction
> into Bob's address. Bob sees what appears to be a valid transaction
> chain which is not actually valid.
>
> Clueless Carol is one of the 4.9% of miners who forgot to upgrade her
> mining node. Carol sees that Mallory included an enormous fee in his
> transactions, so Carol makes sure to include both transactions in her
> block.
>
> Mallory gets free beer.
>
> Anything I'm missing?
You miss the fact that 0-conf is not safe, neither 1-conf. What you are
suggesting is just a variation of Finney attack.
📝 Original message:Jonathan Toomim via bitcoin-dev 於 2015-12-17 21:47 寫到:
> Mallory wants to defraud Bob with a 1 BTC payment for some beer. Bob
> runs the old rules. Bob creates a p2pkh address for Mallory to use.
> Mallory takes 1 BTC, and creates an invalid SegWit transaction that
> Bob cannot properly validate and that pays into one of Mallory's
> wallets. Mallory then immediately spends the unconfirmed transaction
> into Bob's address. Bob sees what appears to be a valid transaction
> chain which is not actually valid.
>
> Clueless Carol is one of the 4.9% of miners who forgot to upgrade her
> mining node. Carol sees that Mallory included an enormous fee in his
> transactions, so Carol makes sure to include both transactions in her
> block.
>
> Mallory gets free beer.
>
> Anything I'm missing?
You miss the fact that 0-conf is not safe, neither 1-conf. What you are
suggesting is just a variation of Finney attack.