Adam McKenna

A Block Withholding attack is when a miner or miners mines on a pool but intentionally does not submit any blocks he finds to the pool.

Mitigation of the block withholding attack is complex because of the random nature of mining, but some methods have been developed.

A Block Withholding attack is when miner or miners mines on a pool but intentionally does not submit blocks to the pool.

The intent of the attack is to cause the profitability of the mining pool to drop. This type of attack, if sustained for a long enough period, can bankrupt a pay-per-share pool.

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