Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020
A common cyber-attack tactic where a perpetrator diverts large amounts of traffic towards a particular network or service in an effort to disrupt normal services. Large amounts of incoming data overloads particular services' network, which causes legitimate requests to bounce or timeout.
Services that are not protected against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks will typically become unusable during the attack period.
Related Terms
Blockchain
In Bitcoin's case, blockchain describes its decentralized, public ledger which contains transactional information.
Centralized
An organization structure wherein a small handful of actors have control over the entire network.
Full Pay-Per-Share (FPPS)
FPPS is quite similar to PPS; the only difference is that the pool will additionally pay a transaction fee incentive if the block is identified. FPPS is the same as PPS+.
Validator
A block-signing participant of a Proof of Stake blockchain network, whom have significant tokens staked on the network.
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