The co-founder of the Casa platform carried out a so-called griefer attack on the Bitcoin test network. The attack interrupted the synchronization of nodes, which was the first to be noticed by the scammers.
Jameson Lopp said that his attack resulted in the creation of over 165,000 blocks in just a week. Under normal conditions, their creation would have taken several years. A “grief attack” involves the creation of many transactions that increase the load on the network, interrupting other operations on it.
According to the head of the technical department of the Lightning Labs platform, Leo Weese, the attack caused a failure in the synchronization of Bitcoin test network nodes. Jameson Lopp, in turn, assured that the purpose of the attack was to demonstrate the weakest points of the blockchain, and not the intention to disable it:
“I have attacked the Bitcoin testnet and am advocating for a testnet reset. We need guarantees that the coins of this network will not have any value. Developers should not have to pay to test their software.”
The co-founder of Casa advocated for fixing bugs that allowed many blocks to be created in a short time. Jameson Lopp complained that the attack on the test network was first noticed by criminals, and not by experienced blockchain developers. But the attack itself was spent exactly $1, which was needed to pay the electricity bill.
Previously, Dominic Williams, chief researcher at Internet Computer and the DFINITY Foundation, said that the main problem of the crypto market is marketing deception. According to the specialist, 95% of existing blockchain projects are trash.
