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Board Development & Technical Discussion
Re: Double-spending with 6 confirmations
by
kjj
on 10/10/2012, 12:34:13 UTC
3. The attacker solves 6 blocks so the transaction gets 6 confirmations.
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Is it possible theoretically and practically? What could be used to prevent such an attack?

Let's say the attacker has a decent 10 GH/s farm. It would only take him 3 months on average to solve 6 blocks. Doesn't sound practical to me.

The 6 blocks need to be consecutive and current, not random.