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Re:Bitcoin miners are losing on every coin produced as diffi... by singpolyma3 on Saturday April 11, 2026 @10:42AM (#47731083)
What? That's not true. You don't need more than one CPU miner online for tx to go through. That's why there are difficulty adjustments.
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Re:Bitcoin miners are losing on every coin produced as diffi... by nytesky on Saturday April 11, 2026 @10:48AM (#47731126)
But as number of miners drop arent btc at risk of a 50% attack?
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Re:Bitcoin miners are losing on every coin produced as diffi... by groundzeros2015 on Saturday April 11, 2026 @11:57AM (#47731649)
But if you have anywhere near the market power to do a 50% attack, you can make a lot of money mining.
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