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CryptoBearishEthereum Foundation Blog · Sep 37/101

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Security Alert – [Implementation bug in Go clients causing increase in difficulty – Fixed – Miners check and update Go clients]

A critical implementation bug in Go client versions v1.0.x and v1.1.x is causing difficulty to increase steadily regardless of actual hashing power. All miners using affected Go client versions need to immediately check and update their software to prevent continued network disruption.

CryptoBearishEthereum Foundation Blog · Sep 27/102

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Security Advisory [Implementation bugs in Go and Python clients can cause DoS – Fixed – Please update clients]

A critical security vulnerability was discovered in Go and Python Ethereum clients (geth) that causes crashes when processing blocks with specific transaction combinations. The bug creates state transition and consensus issues that could lead to network-wide DoS attacks if exploited, but has been fixed and requires immediate client updates.