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3pt14159 on Oct 23, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bitcoin over Tor isn't a good idea

A client, not, The client.

Say you were writing a client in a different language or for another platform.

psykovsky on Oct 23, 2014 [–]

Saying I was writing a bitcoin client I would never use some 3rd party as a fallback. As soon as a blockchain fork is detected you stop all transactions and wait for it to be solved by the miners. No other way around it.

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