Compare the sort of user hardware that a botnet will typically control, vs the hardware that specialist miners run, and you'll see why botnets don't have much c

Compare the sort of user hardware that a botnet will typically control, vs the hardware that specialist miners run, and you'll see why botnets don't have much chance of upsetting the network. You might earn a few coins, but you'll never take 51%: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison#Intel https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison#Intel