Jonathan Wilkins

Jonathan Wilkins is the Chief Security Officer at River Financial where he oversees security strategy, infrastructure, and DevOps. He writes about information security and Bitcoin.

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No, Bitcoin Was Not Double Spent

Bitcoin experienced an orphan block yesterday, which BitMEX Research and other media organizations misinterpreted as a double spend. However, Bitcoin’s protocol handled the orphan block as expected, and double spends remain impossible on the Bitcoin network.