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I mean it doesn’t require ASICS, it’s just inefficient not to, right? Shouldn’t it be theoretically possible to mount a 51% attack with conventional CPUs (or GP
by Gaelan 5y ago
I mean it doesn’t require ASICS, it’s just inefficient not to, right? Shouldn’t it be theoretically possible to mount a 51% attack with conventional CPUs (or GPUs), just a lot more of them? I have no idea what kind of computing resources various major states have, but I wouldn’t completely write off the possibility that they have enough CPUs to throw at the problem.
- dannyw 5y agoBitcoin is currently 170 exahashes per second, or 170 x 10^18. The latest and greatest Intel i7 can do maybe 30 mh/s. You would need more than all cpus produced in history. I can believe G7 secretly having a third of total known CPU compute. I can't believe G7 secretly having multiples of all known CPU compute.
- tinus_hn 5y agoAnd be wanting to reserve it all for a longer period of time to disrupt the Bitcoin network.