Marty's Ƀent Issue #323: More news on this Bitcoin bug A world in which the bug was exploited for an extended period of time before being caught and patched seems like a nightmare. However, this incident is another good example of disclosing and patching done right, considering the circumstances.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #321: Bitcoin bug discovered, disclosed, and patched Earlier this week, it became apparent to the Bitcoin Core development project that there has been a critical bug found in the consensus code of their Bitcoin implementation. The bug would have allowed certain miners to DDoS and crash Bitcoin full nodes.
