EIP 155: Simple replay attack protection

Return to Ethereum ERCs

Note: The following is an excerpt from the official Ethereum site. It is provided here as a convenience and is not authoritative. Refer to the original document as the authoritative reference.
Table 1: Data sheet for Simple replay attack protection
Title Simple replay attack protection
Author Vitalik Buterin
Status Final
Created 2016-10-14
Description http://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-155
Specification http://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-155#Specification
Category core

Abstract

Address the problems with Spurious Dragon causing a Hard Fork.