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Re:Vitalik escalates ETH 2.0 merge as miners plan a 51% attack by lupire on Saturday March 13, 2021 @01:23PM (#26448654)
"attack" is a misnomer. 51% is a majority vote.
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Re:Vitalik escalates ETH 2.0 merge as miners plan a 51% attack by SilasX on Sunday March 14, 2021 @10:29AM (#26455726)
Yes, but, in fairness, the assumption behind blockchain is that it works as long as 50%+1 of the computation is power is honest, not that any block constituting 50%+1 is necessarily honest/good/correct.
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Re:Vitalik escalates ETH 2.0 merge as miners plan a 51% attack by rualca on Sunday March 14, 2021 @05:24AM (#26453856)
Doesn't the majority vote mean that they get to control the cryptocurrency?

Sounds like an attack to me.

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