So What Exactly Happened with DOGE?

As highlighted by prominent Dogecoin community member “Mishaboar,” the so-called DogeReaper vulnerability exploited by Kohl had already been disclosed and addressed in a node update released two weeks ago, with critical network participants, including miners and exchanges, quickly adopting the fix.

At the same time, Mishaboar also highlighted that the cited data was not reliable.

Kohl had depended on Blockchair data, which showed that online nodes on the Dogecoin network had dropped from 647 to 205 following his supposed attack. According to Mishaboar, however, Blockchair‘s data is not comprehensive. To be sure, the “what-is-dogecoin.com” portal suggests that the Dogecoin network has over 14,000 nodes.

Further, Mishaboar clarifies that even with a small subset of live nodes, the Dogecoin network will be able to operate smoothly. Famed Bitcoin developer Peter Todd shared Mishaboar’s view.

The developer pointed out that even if 69% of publicly accessible Dogecoin nodes were taken down, it likely wouldn’t have any significant impact. He emphasized that it requires a tremendous amount of effort to disrupt the consensus in flood-fill networks likeInterestingly, the recent confusion failed to spark market panic, suggesting strong investor conviction. At the time of writing, DOGE is experiencing a mild correction in line with a broad market decline, trading at around $0.4.

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