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		ikken on Feb 15, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Bitcoin malleability attack graphed hour by ho... I think this may be the way for attackers to force price of BTC to fall down, then buy tons of them to sell when the price goes up again.

jimktrains2 on Feb 15, 2014 [–]

How does TM affect the price?

wmf on Feb 15, 2014 | [–]

It causes FUD and panic.

jimktrains2 on Feb 15, 2014 | | [–]

I can cause FUD and panic w/o TM though:-p

MichaelGG on Feb 15, 2014 | | [–]

Well pointing out that large implementations thought they had a transaction ID, and that the transaction ID can just change later -- that's some decent technical-level "FUD".

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