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Due to probabilistic nature of most PoW protocols, you don't actually need to have the chain with the most work. Attacker can keep trying till they are are luck
by rini17 8y ago
Due to probabilistic nature of most PoW protocols, you don't actually need to have the chain with the most work. Attacker can keep trying till they are are lucky, with less than 50% hashpower.
- dpark 8y agoIn the same way you can endlessly throw money at the craps table until you get lucky and bankrupt the casino?
- kordlessagain 8y agoIn the same vein, I've been yelling at the monitor over the "news": > The Milky Way could crash into another galaxy way sooner than we thought
- CydeWeys 8y agoAnd the chance of successfully doing so is incredibly low, and meanwhile you're out all the computational resources you spent on your private chain that ends up being thrown out. You'd be better off simply placing big bets at a casino