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The timejacking attack appears to be a pretty straightforward attack to pull off successfully. I was wondering, whether it was ever performed and documented somewhere, or was it just theoretically described?

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Against Bitcoin specifically or do you want to know of a timejacking attack on any chain (e.g., SolidCoin)? – Stephen Gornick Apr 28 '12 at 20:09
@StephenGornick Bitcoin mostly, but information on other chains is also fine. – ThePiachu Apr 28 '12 at 20:17
I guess this has nothing to do with Artforz' "time travel exploit"? – phelix Oct 28 '12 at 15:35
@phelix If you are referring to the question of what could one do if they could time travel with the blockchain information, then no, this is something different. Timejacking is forcing someone else's computer time to drift away from the normal time in order to make them not accept valid blocks. – ThePiachu Oct 28 '12 at 16:56
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@phelix Hmm, I don't entirely understand what is described there. – ThePiachu Nov 7 '12 at 7:16
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