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Re:Over half of the Bitcoin Network went offline in 48 hours by sneak on Sunday April 18, 2021 @03:55PM (#26855752)
This is a misleading (and I would venture to say false) headline: the hashrate is not the size of the p2p network.
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Re:Over half of the Bitcoin Network went offline in 48 hours by extropy on Sunday April 18, 2021 @04:24PM (#26855977)
It is however significant for split network attacks. If a malicious actor where to control >50 of hash rate double spending becomes a thing.
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