Someone ‘shit in the jacuzzi’ — Bitcoiners furious after testnet griefing

Several Bitcoin developers are furious at a fellow Bitcoiner who admitted to “griefing” one of Bitcoin’s testnets by generating three years worth of blocks in a single week — forcing some developers to halt the applications they were testing.Francis Pouliot, a founder at noncustodial Bitcoin exchange and payments firm Bull Bitcoin.

Lopp said his griefing attack resulted in over 165,000 blocks generated on Bitcoin’s testnet in a single week, and only cost about $1 worth of electricity.

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