GHash. IO Mining Pool Nears 51% of Network Hashing Power

GHash. IO Mining Pool Nears 51% of Network Hashing Power

Some disconcerting news this Thursday morning. Mining pool GHash. IO has grown potentially too large over the past couple of months, reaching 42% of total hashing power on the bitcoin network on Thursday. This put it uncomfortably close to the 51% hash power mark, which some argue is the Achilles heel of bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies. A 51% attack would allow a specific mining pool to do a number of malevolent actions that include excluding transactions, reversing transactions, and double-spending coins, among other things. Such an attack would undoubtedly bring down the value of....


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