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1/ This past Saturday night after SmartCon, someone attempted to spam a select few Chainlink nodes, aiming to disrupt the network through unnecessary on-chain computations
This spam attempt was unsuccessful and all Chainlink oracle networks continued to update with fresh data
This spam attempt was unsuccessful and all Chainlink oracle networks continued to update with fresh data
2/ During the short lived spam wave, nodes stayed live and were topped up with $ETH as needed, thanks to the active monitoring systems used in-production
This acted as a stress test that proved the extreme reliability of the Chainlink network, even during adversarial conditions
This acted as a stress test that proved the extreme reliability of the Chainlink network, even during adversarial conditions
3/ The cryptoeconomic security backing the Chainlink network ensured node operators spent resources to stay live as the incentive to maintain reliable oracle services in the long run is greater than going offline and taking a reputation hit
All $LINK nodes are still live
All $LINK nodes are still live
4/ Ethereum experienced a similar wave of spam in 2016 that also failed to take the network down
Even though it occurred in the middle of the night just after SmartCon, the Chainlink network autonomously kept operating as designed
No users of chainlink were adversely affected
Even though it occurred in the middle of the night just after SmartCon, the Chainlink network autonomously kept operating as designed
No users of chainlink were adversely affected
5/ A patch was implemented and swiftly deployed by Chainlink node operators, filtering out all such spam attempts
With the upcoming threshold signatures upgrade, nodes will very rarely need to pay for on-chain transactions at all
TL;DR What doesn't kill you make you stronger
With the upcoming threshold signatures upgrade, nodes will very rarely need to pay for on-chain transactions at all
TL;DR What doesn't kill you make you stronger
