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A recent attack on the Bitcoin testnet resulted in a surge in network activity and the generation of more than 165,000 blocks, the equivalent of three years of work in one week. The attack was acknowledged by Jameson Lopp, co-founder and chief security officer of Casa, which sparked backlash from other Bitcoin developers. Lopp defended his actions, arguing that his goal was to draw attention to an issue he had previously raised. The attack involved spamming the testnet with redundant transactions, causing the network's complexity to skyrocket and generating over 165,000 blocks. Some have compared Lopp's actions to vandalism, arguing that the only harm is interfering with Bitcoin open source developers' testing and wasting their time.

A recent attack on the Bitcoin testnet resulted in a surge in network activity and the generation of more than 165,000 blocks, the equivalent of three years of work in one week.
The attack was acknowledged by Jameson Lopp, co-founder and chief security officer of Casa, which sparked backlash from other Bitcoin developers.
Lopp defended his actions, arguing that his goal was to draw attention to an issue he had previously raised.
The attack involved spamming the testnet with redundant transactions, causing the network's complexity to skyrocket and generating over 165,000 blocks.
Some have compared Lopp's actions to vandalism, arguing that the only harm is interfering with Bitcoin open source developers' testing and wasting their time.

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