Jameson Lopp said that his attack led to the creation of over 165,000 blocks in just a week. Normally, it would take several years to create them. "Vulture attack" It involves the creation of many transactions that increase the load on the network, interrupting other operations in it.
According to Leo Weese, head of the technical department of the Lightning Labs platform, the attack caused a malfunction in the synchronization of nodes of the Bitcoin test network. Jameson Lopp, in turn, assured that the purpose of the attack was to demonstrate the weakest points of the blockchain, and not the intention to disable it:
"I have attacked the Bitcoin test network and advocate resetting the test network. We need guarantees that the coins of this network will have no value. Developers don't have to pay for testing their software."
The Casa co-founder advocated fixing bugs that allow you to create multiple blocks in a short time. Jameson Lopp complained that criminals, not experienced blockchain developers, were the first to notice the attack on the test network, but exactly $1 was spent on the attack itself, which was needed to pay the electricity bill.
Earlier, Dominic Williams, chief researcher at Internet Computer and the DFINITY Foundation, said that the main problem of the crypto market is marketing deception. According to the expert, 95% of existing blockchain projects are junk.