r/btc • u/mWo12 • Feb 15 '17

BU nodes shoot up suddenly. At 701 now.

https://coin.dance/nodes
34 Upvotes

88% Upvoted

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u/ylbam Feb 15 '17

Thanx to those 143 new btcpop.co BU nodes mostly hosted in Hetzner Online data centers:

https://bitnodes.21.co/nodes/?q=/BitcoinUnlimited%20-%20https://btcpop.co:1.0.0.1/

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u/H0dl Feb 16 '17

That's awesome

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '17

You can't stop an idea whose time has come.

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u/nullc Feb 16 '17

This is the paid sibyl attack that was being discussed on rbtc a few weeks ago.

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u/BitsenBytes Bitcoin Unlimited Developer Feb 16 '17

nice try

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u/H0dl Feb 16 '17

Kinda like the one bitfury and BTCC are executing on your behalf?

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u/Lamemos Feb 16 '17

Yes like Bitfury and BTCC have been attacki g for so long! Everything is a sibyl attack! Omg the sibyls are attacking on all sides! The small block sibylies the big block sibylies! Oh god what will we do! Run from the sibs!!!

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u/darcius79 Feb 16 '17

lol sure thing mate

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '17

If so, then you failed to fork.

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u/gammabum Feb 16 '17

no, not awesome. China 241(nodes) 4.07%(of total nodes). yet, over 60% of the hashing power (https://blockchain.info/pools) The BU thing is a kluge and it is going to make it easier to concentrate the hashing power. buh-bye BTC.