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How would it be illegitimate? Mining bitcoins is based on math, and if they do the math they have earned it.
by biot 14y ago
How would it be illegitimate? Mining bitcoins is based on math, and if they do the math they have earned it.
- mrb 14y ago"Illegitimate" is the wrong word. I meant wealth acquired without following the proper rules (ie. mining on the longest chain, because the attacker would purposefully try to fork the chain from a past block.)