THIS DAY IN BITCOIN HISTORY
What happened in Bitcoin on March 11: The 2013 chain split (2013).
A block too large for older software splits the network in two. Developers and miners coordinate to rejoin it within hours.
A block that had a larger number of total transaction inputs than previously seen was mined and broadcasted. Bitcoin 0.8 nodes were able to handle this, but some pre-0.8 Bitcoin nodes rejected it, causing an unexpected fork of the blockchain.
BIP 50 · What went wrong
The design outlines a lightweight client that does not need the full block chain. In the design PDF it's called Simplified Payment Verification. The lightweight client can send and receive transactions, it just c…Read the full quotes ↗
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