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Re:On the Instability of Bitcoin Without the Block Reward [pdf] by hjorthjort on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @05:14AM (#26326630)
> and one would need more than half of that total stake to have a chance at attacking the network

Actually 1/3rd to disrupt consensus, and 2/3rds + 1 to take control of the chain like you could with a 51% attack on a PoW chain, only you'd get almost immediate and complete control over the consensus.

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Re:On the Instability of Bitcoin Without the Block Reward [pdf] by throw_away_moth on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @06:42AM (#26327152)
The strength required to take control is probably 1/3 as it is with most Byzantine setups. (The 1/3 control attack against Bitcoin is selfish mining.)
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Re:On the Instability of Bitcoin Without the Block Reward [pdf] by hjorthjort on Thursday March 11, 2021 @10:57AM (#26425380)
You can't control the network with 1/3 with BFT consensus, you need 2/3rds.
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