Bitcoin Gold Hit by Double Spend Attack, Exchanges Lose Millions

Re:Bitcoin Gold Hit by Double Spend Attack, Exchanges Lose M... by dragonwriter on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @06:46PM (#17139152)

> but I want a table with the name of the crypto currency in one column, and the cost in USD to launch an attack in another column.

Doesn't the cost depend on who you assume the attacker is? The required hashing power doesn't have the same acquisition and operating costs for all potential attackers.

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Re:Bitcoin Gold Hit by Double Spend Attack, Exchanges Lose M... by mike-cardwell on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @06:52PM (#17139187)

Of course, you're correct, but that's just an implementation detail.

Each currency would need an explanation of what resources the calculation was based on. E.g, n instances of a blah node on Google Cloud Platform running software x in config y for z hours.

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Re:Bitcoin Gold Hit by Double Spend Attack, Exchanges Lose M... by sanxiyn on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @06:59PM (#17139228)

True, but even crude order-of-magnitude estimate would be useful.

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