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> Also, single-purpose accounts are not allowed here generally, because they aren't compatible with the value of curiosity that's supposed to animate this place

• throwawaygh 5y ago
  I'm not sure that "discussing crypto" should count as single-purpose. Otherwise many of the more interesting people who post on hn are almost certainly single-purpose posters (on whatever their pet topic/project/area of expertise happens to be). In any case, I found the above post compelling. What if critics of crypto pooled resources and waited for a major crisis, and then launched a 51% attack at just the right moment? It's an interesting thing to think about.
  • ChainOfFools 5y ago
    if ever the threat of a sustained and deeply-buried 51% attack actually appeared, the core devs, effectively meaning Adam Back, would just find an excuse to fork away by declaring the exploited fork uncanonical (in so many words). The mob of laser-eye HODLbugs will fall right in line and go on full social media attack against anyone supporting the old chain. All will all vehemently deny any ensuing comparison to ETH vs ETH classic.
• theknocker 5y ago