Bitcoin Core 31.0 Privacy Bug Can Reveal Sender IP Address
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Key points of the news: Identified privacy failure: The vulnerability is located in the optional private broadcast function, which was originally implemented in version 31.0 of the software. Data filtering mechanism: The technical error causes the system to omit the Tor network in the event of a failure in the encrypted connection protocol and automatically reconsect itself by exposing the public IP address. Financial market stability: The price…
The bug affects nodes that combine privatebroadcast, Tor, and BIP324; the fix will arrive with version 31.1. The article "Bitcoin Core 31.0 bug can reveal user's IP address when sending transactions" was first published on CriptoNoticias - Bitcoin, Ethereum, and cryptocurrency news.
Bitcoin Core 31.0 Privacy Bug Can Reveal Sender IP Address
Bitcoin Core 31.0 users running the new -privatebroadcast feature face a privacy bug that can reveal the transaction originator’s IP address to a receiving peer under specific network conditions. The issue affects a narrow set of users. A node must be running Bitcoin Core 31.0 with -privatebroadcast enabled, broadcasting through the sendrawtransaction RPC, able to reach Tor for outbound connections, still able to make direct IPv4 or IPv6 outboun…
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