Re:Vitalik escalates ETH 2.0 merge as miners plan a 51% attack
by teawrecks on Saturday March 13, 2021 @02:11PM
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Calling it a 51% "attack" is like saying Biden "stole" the election by getting at least 51% of the votes. The whole point of a cryptocurrency is that there is no central authority. Vitalik can provide a vision, but he doesn't, and shouldn't want, to control it. If the compute power disagrees with him, then that's just how it's gonna be.
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Re:Vitalik escalates ETH 2.0 merge as miners plan a 51% attack
by diragon on Sunday March 14, 2021 @03:14AM
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But when we elevate from PoW to PoS the whole point is that compute power won't matter anymore. So a more appropriate analogy would be that if 51% of horse carriage drivers wanted that cars shouldn't be able to drive on roads, then cars shouldn't be able to drive on roads.
Re:Vitalik escalates ETH 2.0 merge as miners plan a 51% attack
by rualca on Sunday March 14, 2021 @05:26AM
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> Calling it a 51% "attack" is like saying Biden "stole" the election by getting at least 51% of the votes.
A better comparison would be that a billionaire decided to take over just because he had more cash.