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Re: Cost of buying 51% of BTC (for attack if bitcoin were to go PoS)
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on 28/02/2015, 06:47:07 UTC
Quote from: koelen3 on February 28, 2015, 05:08:39 AM
51% attack means To own the 51% of hashing power over all not 51% of btc
When a coin is POW, yes, but POS is different. POS is vulnerable to a 51% shareholder attack. Honestly I don't believe that this could be done. Good luck finding 7 million Bitcoin to buy.