Bitcoin Core reveals configuration flaw that let thousands of nodes trust Tor peers
A misconfiguration allowed many Bitcoin nodes to treat incoming Tor connections as trusted, bypassing DoS limits until a fix was released in October 2025.
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A misconfiguration allowed many Bitcoin nodes to treat incoming Tor connections as trusted, bypassing DoS limits until a fix was released in October 2025.
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