AFAIK 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

AFAIK 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...