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authorJeffrey Wilcke <geffobscura@gmail.com>2016-01-12 18:54:29 +0800
committerJeffrey Wilcke <geffobscura@gmail.com>2016-02-18 17:12:13 +0800
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core: Added new TD strategy which mitigate the risk for selfish mining
Assuming the following scenario where a miner has 15% of all hashing power and the ability to exert a moderate control over the network to the point where if the attacker sees a message A, it can't stop A from propagating, but what it **can** do is send a message B and ensure that most nodes see B before A. The attacker can then selfish mine and augment selfish mining strategy by giving his own blocks an advantage. This change makes the time at which a block is received less relevant and so the level of control an attacker has over the network no longer makes a difference. This change changes the current td algorithm `B_td > C_td` to the new algorithm `B_td > C_td || B_td == C_td && rnd < 0.5`.
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