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In scenario 1 the selfish pool will lose the block in most cases. Modern pools have a lot of connection to the network, so as not to waste mining on orphaned bl
by mike_esspe 13y ago
In scenario 1 the selfish pool will lose the block in most cases. Modern pools have a lot of connection to the network, so as not to waste mining on orphaned block. It will get the honest block before the selfish pool block.
- sanxiyn 13y agoShould Bitcoin security depend on the assumption of well-connected network?
- usefulcat 13y agoIsn't that assumption already inherent to the design of Bitcoin?
- oakwhiz 13y agoThis is interesting since I have found very little information about Bitcoin operating on poorly connected networks (i.e. most nodes are not directly reachable from any given node.) Given the current trend toward internet censorship, I wonder if Bitcoin will have to adapt to such networks as the norm.
- penguat 13y agoIt's worthwhile to an attacker to be well-connected. This might lead to a connectedness arms race.