Crippling DDoS vulnerability put the entire Bitcoin market at risk
I spend a lot of time looking for bugs in cryptocurrency code. In spite of this finding, I&#x27;d say that Bitcoin Core is among the safest cryptocurrency applications. The average random C&#x2F;C++ open source project suffers from far more potential issues, for example [1].<p>Related, here&#x27;s an unfixed btcd (Go Bitcoin client) DoS [2].<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bugs.chromium.org&#x2F;p&#x2F;oss-fuzz&#x2F;issues&#x2F;list?q=imagemagick" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bugs.chromium.org&#x2F;p&#x2F;oss-fuzz&#x2F;issues&#x2F;list?q=imagemagi...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;btcsuite&#x2F;btcd&#x2F;issues&#x2F;1287" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;btcsuite&#x2F;btcd&#x2F;issues&#x2F;1287</a>