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Re:Ask HN: Can use the #1 supercomputer for any project I wa... by MiWDesktopHack on Friday January 11, 2013 @10:52PM (#5046434)
Sure, but that just lets you set the next block. You can't use it to generate false transactions because no other client would find those transactions valid.

At best you can drop all transactions that are broadcast to the network and generate blank blocks, thus freezing all future transactions.

Re:Ask HN: Can use the #1 supercomputer for any project I wa... by 0x0 on Saturday January 12, 2013 @07:53PM (#5049511)
Oh, I thought with > 50% you would represent enough "clients" to "prove" the false transactions and earn the trust of the remaining network.