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with the hash of some other fake, invalid transaction F. The attacker can fool the SPV client into believing that F
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was included in a Bitcoin block rather than T with 81 bits<ref>[[bip-0053/2-BitcoinMerkle.pdf|An attacker who can do 81 bits of work (followed by another 40 bits of work, to
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construct the funding transaction whose coins will be spent by this one) is able
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to fool an SPV client in this way.]]</ref> of work. This also reduces implementation complexity for SPV wallets<ref>[https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/great-consensus-cleanup-revival/710/43 The steps needed to make sure a Merkle proof for a transaction is secure.]</ref>.
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to fool an SPV client in this way.]]</ref> of work. Disallowing 64-byte transactions reduces implementation complexity for SPV wallets<ref>[https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/great-consensus-cleanup-revival/710/43 The steps needed to make sure a Merkle proof for a 64-byte transaction is secure.]</ref>.
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