Since last time Bata posted…

Work is being done on integrating MN’s into core 10. Our specifications are unique as no other Scrypt POW / POS coin is running a core 10 wallet (the most secure). So our developers had to pick apart the code and go from there. Many long nights and many lines of code have been undertaken.

The work has been done directly and indirectly on Masternodes by Biznatchenterprises (part of dev team), who used the experience to benefit Bata.
More unforeseen time was taken on our firewall with observation, tweaks and coding, which did set us back, but Bata’s blockchain is more secure because of it.
Development has identified another issue just by chance in core 8 Masternodes which allows manipulation of rewards. Issues are addressed with the extra security of core 10.

We updated to core 10 and added a firewall to protect against sophisticated 51% attacks see below:
Bitcoin Firewall uses a very unique method for detecting potential hard-fork chain-attacks coupled with specific block chain DDoS flooding. All connected nodes/peers are examined by the amount of data they’re sending or receiving from a peer with the firewall enabled. If bandwidth usage is greater than the limits set, the connecting node is further examined to verify their blockchain start & sync height is within safe limits; The average among all peers connected. Range based blockchain checkpoints that use averages of live blockchain sizes further enhance security by limiting potential attacks known as >51% of distributed hashing power (double-spend, Sybil attack).
PoW / Pos Hybrid & Masternodes will be released once migration of code is complete and fully tested.

Chart shows orphans before Bitcoin firewall update in core 10.5.3 and after a low stable amount even when 20gh/s recently was added to the network, then removed a few hours later. At the time it was at least four times the network hashrate. Why is this important?
Detached or Orphaned blocks are validblocks which are not part of the main chain. They can occur naturally when two miners produce blocks at similar times or they can be caused by an attacker (with enough hashing power) attempting to reverse transactions.

Bata is close to our millionth block!

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