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Board Announcements (Altcoins)
Re: [PRE-ANN] [FRAC] Fractalcoin | X11 | Slingshield | % fees | 0.5% Premine
by
renisel2
on 13/06/2014, 20:14:27 UTC
Any premine nowadays is an awful idea. 51% attack is not a solution, since the value needed to take over the network was slightly increased by 20%. Which means you have nothing against 71% attack. Moreover, the coin has nothing new to offer.

It actually requires about 40% more resources to perform a 71% attack as opposed to a 51% attack.  I agree that for someone who can get 51% of the hash rate, getting 71% instead probably isn't nearly as difficult as, say, someone getting from 1% to 21%.  But I have a difficult time seeing how this increase in the threshold is completely without value.