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Re:The first Bitcoin Cash block has been mined by narcissus on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @08:53PM (#14906938)
OK I must be missing something here: how can any of the large pools have 51% of the mining power?

How can you have more than one pool, each with more than half the power?

EDIT: OK I see where you're coming from I think... you mean any of the pools could 51% the forked branch, right?

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Re:The first Bitcoin Cash block has been mined by SolarNet on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @05:21AM (#14909112)
Yes 51% of the branch you are attacking. They have hard forked, any bitcoin mining pool could easily control 51% (like 80%) of the bitcash mining worldwide.
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Re:The first Bitcoin Cash block has been mined by pimlottc on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @09:33PM (#14907179)
I assume it means any of the larger pools in Bitcoin could switch over to one of the smaller altcoins and overwhelm the much smaller pool of miners there.
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