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> So it might end one day. Only if the mining stops abruptly. Otherwise, the automatic difficulty adjustment allows it to keep working even with a reduced ener

by cesarb 3y ago

> So it might end one day. Only if the mining stops abruptly. Otherwise, the automatic difficulty adjustment allows it to keep working even with a reduced energy expenditure. In the extreme, a single computer running in a museum could be enough to keep the blockchain working forever.

ogogmad 3y ago
A single computer in a museum would be vulnerable to 51% attacks. It would also be too illiquid to recoup costs.
- grotorea 3y ago
  But the 51% attack would cost more than the value of the Bitcoin you could get by doing it, which is presumably ~0 since the only node is a museum computer.