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good point, but a mining monopoly would destroy the value and hence it's in the self-interest of miners to be diversified. that's an economical self-correcting
by hasch 10y ago
good point, but a mining monopoly would destroy the value and hence it's in the self-interest of miners to be diversified. that's an economical self-correcting mechanism on top of this technical mining/reward feedback mechanism.
- schmichael 10y agoAFAIK this is the conventional wisdom but not a proven fact. A smart 51% attacker could profit and go unnoticed: > And contrary to commonly-repeated assertions, a monopolist can engage in subtle attacks that are hard to detect. http://hackingdistributed.com/2014/06/16/how-a-mining-monopoly-can-attack-bitcoin/ http://hackingdistributed.com/2014/06/16/how-a-mining-monopo...