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Event January 9, 2009 bitcoin-optech

Bitcoin's time-warp attack — Satoshi's 2016-block off-by-one and the Great Consensus Cleanup (2024–2026)

Satoshi Nakamoto

Satoshi's difficulty retarget has an off-by-one: it measures 2,015 blocks instead of 2,016. A hashrate majority can exploit it via timestamp manipulation. The Great Consensus Cleanup proposes a fix.