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Bitcoin's Lightning Network Is Vulnerable to 'Looting': New Research Explains

Computer scientists Jona Harris and Aviv Zohar have examined the Lightning Network's "flood and loot" attack that preys on Bitcoin network congestion.

Updated Sep 14, 2021, 9:00 a.m. Published Jul 6, 2020, 7:34 p.m.
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