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Re:Tell HN: We have a responsibility to speak out against bl... by Eddy_Viscosity2 on Friday January 28, 2022 @05:19PM (#30121237)
The OP's point was that 51% of miners could agree to a change, and in a system where there are very large players that might not involve that many people.
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Re:Tell HN: We have a responsibility to speak out against bl... by philistine on Friday January 28, 2022 @10:45PM (#30123586)
And it already happened a bunch of times. Bitcoin has been forked a bunch of times, and one could argue the fork that gave birth to Bitcoin Cash was a successful 51% attack on Bitcoin itself.
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