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Board Altcoin Discussion
Re: Satoshi didn't solve the Byzantine generals problem
by
smooth
on 07/02/2016, 21:21:47 UTC
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There is no Sybil attack possible on the problem as stated. "A majority of CPU power" is a physical quantity which can't be Sybil attacked. Period.

True, but there are other "attacks". Such as calling up Chinese miners and convince them to do a certain thing.

This only works because Chinese miners have a majority of the CPU power. Otherwise you call them up all you want, but would accomplish nothing. You might as well call someone with an old USB miner stick.