Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr raised concerns today about an alleged vulnerability in the BTC Core software, drawing attention to an issue that could impact the blockchain’s integrity. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Dashjr outlined how Inscriptions are exploiting a vulnerability by bypassing limits on extra data in transactions, sparking diverse reactions within the cryptocurrency sector.
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Dashjr, one of the world’s most prolific BTC developers, expressed his concerns through a post on X (formerly Twitter), emphasizing the severity of the issue. He stated, “PSA: ‘Inscriptions’ are exploiting a vulnerability in Bitcoin Core to spam the blockchain. Bitcoin Core has, since 2013, allowed users to set a limit on the size of extra data in transactions they relay or mine (-datacarriersize). By obfuscating their data as program code, Inscriptions bypass this limit.”
Dashjr further explained the efforts made to address this issue in his
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