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Bug in Ethereum Interface Causes Inadvertent Chain Split, Chaos on Network
A bug in the software that many nodes use to write data to the Ethereum network is causing a chain split in the protocol, with approximately 54% of the Ethereum nodes now inadvertently writing data to a separate parallel chain. Go Ethereum, or Geth, is software that’s used as an interface layer between everything from miners, nodes, to dApps and the Ethereum blockchain. It’s by far the most popular software of this category, used by around 75% of the world’s Ethereum nodes. image Earlier this week the team released a hotfix to plug a vulnerability, promising later that it would release details on the bug it ... (full story)
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