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Purely hypothetical and mostly stupid: could double spending attacks be a way to overcome the issue of a limited supply of coins and the fact the total number o
by zeth___ 8y ago
Purely hypothetical and mostly stupid: could double spending attacks be a way to overcome the issue of a limited supply of coins and the fact the total number of coins tends to zero as old coins are lost?
- sanxiyn 8y agoNo, because transactions are reversed in double spend attacks. It does not increase the supply.
- 21 8y agoIf you wanted you could "reclaim" coins which didn't move in 10 years let's say. Or you could just issue new coins. There is no need to go to such convoluted lengths.
- rspeer 8y agoThey already overcome the limited supply of coins by forking Bitcoin.