> What am I missing? Shorts? Conventional wisdom states that a 51% attack would destroy the very same value it would misappropriate, but when you can bet real

> What am I missing? Shorts? Conventional wisdom states that a 51% attack would destroy the very same value it would misappropriate, but when you can bet real money on BTC crumbling you get an entirely different playing field. Still very unlikely as everybody with that kind of hashrate is already rewarded far too handsomely, but if someone ever offers shorts on one of the smaller altcoins, I'd almost expect someone to state an at least cost-neutral attack just for kicks.