Update on the Attack on Nano

For those that don't know, Nano is a feeless near instant crypto currency. Roughly 2 weeks ago a person or group began to create accounts and spamming transactions on the network. This has slowed down the transaction time of Nano a bit and has caused some issues to some platforms built on Nano. The delay can be measured by the difference in Checked blocks vs Confirmed blocks using NanoTicker.

Personally I am impressed that not only did the attack not completely destroy the token but the recent patch and node operator updates that have been pushed out seem to be closing the gap between checked and confirmed blocks. In other words, the attack is no longer slowing down the network, and it is slowly catching up to near instant transactions again.

There's still about an 18 million block difference and who knows if they'll be able to close the gape, but damn I would be lying if I wasn't excited to see who end up winning this tug of war.