On: IOTA: A tangled mess

[seanwilson]

Could an attacker not create lots of transactions between wallets they own so the attacker is given more transactions to verify as well?

[Zarath → seanwilson]

Yes, but I think what parent was pointing out was that an honest network user has no reason to do so.

[seanwilson → Zarath]

Yes, but attackers being able to create transactions that they themselves can verify would make the situation even worse. What defence does IOTA have against this? It seems an obvious exploit.