Bitcoin’s underlying infrastructure underwent a major overhaul over the past couple of days. The price barely reacted, but I think this matters more than the Fed’s latest moves.
Bitcoin Core released version 32.1, raising the number of connections each node can have from 125 straight to 200.
The key is who gets those extra slots. The new version says that connections used to relay transactions can make up no more than half of incoming connections. The rest are reserved specifically for connections that relay blocks only.
Put simply, this helps prevent an “eclipse attack.” A hacker trying to deceive a node has to replace all the connections around it with their own. With 125 slots, they had a shot. Now there are 200, and more than half only deal in blocks, making it much harder to completely surround a node.
This update also patched three vulnerabilities. Two were found by AI scanning the code, and one of them could crash nodes running on Windows and Mac.
AI can find vulnerabilities, and bad actors can use it too. Bitcoin got ahead of the curve and bolted the door shut first.
This won’t move the price in the short term; Bitcoin is still hovering around the $80K mark. But institutions are willing to put big money in because they care about how solid the foundations are. An update like this is more substantial than a big green candle.
#比特币Core发布32.1版本提高节点连接上限 $BTC
Bitcoin Core released version 32.1, raising the number of connections each node can have from 125 straight to 200.
The key is who gets those extra slots. The new version says that connections used to relay transactions can make up no more than half of incoming connections. The rest are reserved specifically for connections that relay blocks only.
Put simply, this helps prevent an “eclipse attack.” A hacker trying to deceive a node has to replace all the connections around it with their own. With 125 slots, they had a shot. Now there are 200, and more than half only deal in blocks, making it much harder to completely surround a node.
This update also patched three vulnerabilities. Two were found by AI scanning the code, and one of them could crash nodes running on Windows and Mac.
AI can find vulnerabilities, and bad actors can use it too. Bitcoin got ahead of the curve and bolted the door shut first.
This won’t move the price in the short term; Bitcoin is still hovering around the $80K mark. But institutions are willing to put big money in because they care about how solid the foundations are. An update like this is more substantial than a big green candle.
#比特币Core发布32.1版本提高节点连接上限 $BTC
