Somebody is flooding Bitcoin’s network with new IP addresses

Somebody is flooding Bitcoin’s network with new IP addresses

May 11, 2026 · 6 min

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The episode discusses a significant increase in new node IP addresses on the Bitcoin network, raising concerns about potential attacks.

Bitcoin developer flags a sudden 4x spike in new node IP addresses in ADDR messages, raising possible sybil or eclipse attack concerns.

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