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That's technically true. But. A 50% attack has the problem that an attacker with enough hash power to do it has enough hash power to simply mine on chain legi
by jki275 6y ago
That's technically true.
But. A 50% attack has the problem that an attacker with enough hash power to do it has enough hash power to simply mine on chain legitimately and create blocks and get 50% of the block reward and make tons of money that way, while actually doing the attack decreases confidence in the chain and might end up with massive losses in price.
- pjerem 6y agoYour point makes sense if your goal is making money. If what you want is more power over the global economy. As a government, you may have more interest, say, in stopping Tesla rise (if you consider that making BTC a 0.1$ asset would harm them) than making some "tons of money".