I just downloaded and ran this client:doublec wrote:Run a client that has a recent checkpoint and it'll refuse to accept any chain that was rewritten before that checkpoint. Are you able to do your own namecoin builds?tommy wrote: Can this be hardcoded into the namecoin client software? Please provide an updated client version that will revert back to block 19100 once this attack is over.
http://dot-bit.org/files/namecoin_linux32.tgz
It's version 0.3.24.61, and the downloaded blockchain is up to date. I'm making a backup of the ~/.namecoin directory just in case people are going to have to do things manually after the attack is over, and a trusted copy of the pre-attack blockchain will be needed. I'm not a *coin developer, just a user.
Do you know if the 0.3.24.61 version has a checkpoint hardcoded into it, and at what block number that checkpoint would be?
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> Are you able to do your own namecoin builds?
I haven't tried it and don't know how difficult that would be. I used to compile stuff from source many years ago when I was using Red Hat and often wanted software that wasn't available in the package repository (rpm). So if it's "compile-n-go"-easy I should be able to. Why?