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Re:Bitcoin Gold Hit by Double Spend Attack, Exchanges Lose M... by teekert on Thursday May 24, 2018 @03:49AM (#17141918)
> If hash capacity were traded on a perfectly competitive market, then it would always make sense to rent 51% of the capacity at market rates, earn the transaction fees, and also perform a double-spending attack. There is no equilibrium point for transaction fees where this attack becomes uneconomical. The only defense is that the market for hash capacity is imperfect.

You're killing your goose with the golden eggs. That is, if a currencies remains in use.

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