Re:We can confirm that there was a successful 51% attack on ...
by simias on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @05:50AM
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Increasing the number of confirmations is easy but it also slows down everything. People don't want to have to wait for days for their transactions to be accepted.
If I understand correctly this attack managed to reorganize hundreds of blocks. That's a lot of time to wait for confirmations.
If I understand correctly this attack managed to reorganize hundreds of blocks. That's a lot of time to wait for confirmations.