Re:Blockchains Considered Harmful: Is Brute-Force Processing...
by SilasX on Thursday November 02, 2017 @01:15PM
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Your point was different from my point. I entered the thread to dispute that PoW schemes aren't weakened by forks. Here's the exchange where I came in[1]:
Original comment: "Also, with Proof of [Work] you get protection against an explosion of too many hard forks..."
My reply: "That's not what happened with the Bitcoin Cash fork though ... any given time, one of the networks is easy[er than 51%] to attack."
If you're not disputing that point, then you're not refuting my objection to that original comment.
Original comment: "Also, with Proof of [Work] you get protection against an explosion of too many hard forks..."
My reply: "That's not what happened with the Bitcoin Cash fork though ... any given time, one of the networks is easy[er than 51%] to attack."
If you're not disputing that point, then you're not refuting my objection to that original comment.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15606486