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Re:Bitcoin Gold Hit by Double Spend Attack, Exchanges Lose M... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @10:28PM (#17140539)
> there are certainly organizations with the resources to do it, e.g. intelligence agencies, organized crime

Nation states. Don't forget the large number of sanctioned regimes who would (a) have the resources to execute such an attack and (b) find great profit in doing so.

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Re:Bitcoin Gold Hit by Double Spend Attack, Exchanges Lose M... by duxup on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @10:41PM (#17140610)
Plenty of legit and rouge nations (or departments within them) who would find that tempting I think. Currency politics and all aside that is a tempting way to make money.
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