Vitalik escalates ETH 2.0 merge as miners plan a 51% attack

Re:Vitalik escalates ETH 2.0 merge as miners plan a 51% attack by SkyMarshal on Friday March 12, 2021 @11:09PM (#26443872)

Bitcoin is deliberately and wisely not Turing complete. That gives a lot of power and mischief-making ability to anonymous entities in an adversarial environment.

It's partly why Bitcoin is 5x Ethereum's market cap, despite technically being less capable. It's less capable of losing money, of DAO attacks, or other serious failures too.

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Re:Vitalik escalates ETH 2.0 merge as miners plan a 51% attack by mminer237 on Saturday March 13, 2021 @12:15AM (#26444181)

Bitcoin is five times the price of Etherium because it was the first cryptocurrency and everyone knows its name. It has nothing to do with the technical abilities of either.

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Re:Vitalik escalates ETH 2.0 merge as miners plan a 51% attack by chrisco255 on Saturday March 13, 2021 @01:21AM (#26444462)

I generally agree with this. But Ethereum is "less finished" than Bitcoin. I feel like this situation might be different in a year or two once ETH2 is fully rolled out. Right now, ETH is a bit more risky. There's no doubt that more economic activity is happening on the ETH chain, though

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Re:Vitalik escalates ETH 2.0 merge as miners plan a 51% attack by SkyMarshal on Sunday March 14, 2021 @09:48PM (#26461726)

It'll take longer than a year or two for something as complex as ETH2 to mature to a point where it can be considered as finished as Bitcoin.

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