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Re:Bitcoin's mining difficulty has increased by 41.9% over t... by creshal on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @07:19AM (#10777276)
It's not pocket change… except for government organizations.
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Re:Bitcoin's mining difficulty has increased by 41.9% over t... by davidgerard on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @07:57AM (#10777445)
It is profoundly unlikely a state-level actor would bother.

You can cripple Bitcoin transaction clearing with a thousand dollars to DDOS the network with spam. If only state-level actors had a thousand bucks lying around ...

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