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Re:A hacker stole $31M of Ether – how it happened, and what ... by bloominglotus on Friday July 21, 2017 @12:53PM (#14821982)
Technically the unit of measurement is hashing power, rather than % of nodes or participants, but there is an underlying 51% problem with blockchain.

The attack surface is similarly limited; they couldn't really "rob" the wealthiest wallets, but they could prevent their transactions from ever happening. They could also spend cryptocurrency they don't really have. Here's an intro:

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Weaknesses#Attacker_has_a_lot_of_...

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