Re:Electric currency could trash cash (1999)
by mavdi on Sunday December 24, 2017 @09:38PM
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I wonder what would be needed to gain 51% hash power? How many super computers would that be?
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Re:Electric currency could trash cash (1999)
by gruez on Sunday December 24, 2017 @11:12PM
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>How many super computers would that be?
you're asking the wrong question. mainly because bitcoin mining is done with ASICs and not general purpose computers. I would be surprised if the bitcoin network hashrate isn't higher than all the general purpose computing power in the world combined (converted to double SHA256 hash rate).