Re:Bitcoin backlash as ‘miners’ stress power grids in Centra...
by pmorici on Sunday May 27, 2018 @02:46PM
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That has happened like half a dozen times before in the history of Bitcoin. Not really a sign of demise.
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Re:Bitcoin backlash as ‘miners’ stress power grids in Centra...
by arsginionio on Sunday May 27, 2018 @04:33PM
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Bitcoin has a lot of interesting failure modes if the price falls too far.
People will start taking mining hardware offline. This will result in a lot of idle capacity. There will be a number of people capable of pulling off a 51% attack. And if the hash rate falls very quickly, say 50% in a week, the difficulty adjustment will be unable to keep up. This would have all sorts of nasty effects.
If the price goes to $4000 it should go to zero. That's assuming that the "investors" will behave sensibly, which is never a safe bet.
Re:Bitcoin backlash as ‘miners’ stress power grids in Centra...
by sumedh on Sunday May 27, 2018 @09:29PM
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> If the price goes to $4000 it should go to zero
Will you short bitcoin then?
Re:Bitcoin backlash as ‘miners’ stress power grids in Centra...
by SlowRobotAhead on Sunday May 27, 2018 @03:55PM
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How many times before did your mom ask you about it?
Precedent isn’t here.
But, if you are willing to say what happened in the yesterday will happen tomorrow, I assume you’ve taken a HELOC put on your house and invested in bitcoin - rift?