Author: Eric Voskuil
Date:
To: libbitcoin
Subject: [Libbitcoin] Statement regarding bitcoind consensus and DoS bugs
Libbitcoin does not exhibit the recent bitcoind (Core, et. al.) consensus bug or DoS bug pertaining to internal double spend checks.
https://bitcoincore.org/en/2018/09/20/notice/
As these checks do not require chain state they are performed in a context-free manner.
https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin/blob/version3/src/chain/transaction.cpp#L923
https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin/blob/master/src/chain/block.cpp#L641
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