The Blockchain-based project Sia has published the official code for the protocol updating aimed at countering the miners using ASICs, in particular, the Bitmain devices.
The CEO and founder of the Siacoin announced the release of version 1.3.6, reminding also in the official Sia channel on Discord that hardfork will be activated on October 31.
According to the developers, activation of the code will guarantee that only ASIC devices by Obelisk, a division of Nebulous, can mine Siacoin. As a result, other miners, including Bitmain and Innosilicon, will be excluded from the ecosystem.
The new code contains changes aimed at protecting the network from Sybil's attack. It’s a type of attack in the peer-to-peer network, as a result of which minners connect only to the nodes controlled by the attacker.
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