Mercury Layer v0.2.0: Fix for Malicious Backup Transactions Vulnerabilities
Mercury Layer is a Layer 2 protocol for Bitcoin that enables the self-custodial transfer of coins (UTXOs) without on-chain transactions.
- "New release of the Mercury Layer client," announced Tom Trevethan, CTO at CommerceBlock.
"This update fixes vulnerabilities (disclosed here) related to malicious backup transactions bypassing receiver verification checks. We've revamped the way backup transaction checks are constructed to ensure robust security."
What's new
- Verification of backup transaction construction.
- nLocktime checks against current block height.
- nSequence set to zero in backup transactions.
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