[crnkovic]

> if this was a non-issue they wouldn't be patching it

As far as I can tell, nobody is claiming it's a 'non-issue'. Rather, it's a minor issue with an impact that is greatly exaggerated or sensationalised by the person reporting it.

[pbear2k23]

>it's a minor issue with an impact that is greatly exaggerated or sensationalised by the person reporting it.

until, again, a botnet makes huge swaths of the bitcoin network unprofitable.

this is computer science - not how you feel about or faultily interpret an exploit.

[jameshilliard]

> until, again, a botnet makes huge swaths of the bitcoin network unprofitable.

You seem to be mixing up bitcoin nodes and bitcoin miners.