GHash. IO Hashing Market Share Drops to 28% Following Fears of 51% Attack
The bitcoin community endured a scare earlier this week when mining pool GHash. IO's hashing market share reached a whopping 42%, leaving many wondering if the potential was there for the pool to carry out a 51% attack on the bitcoin network. Scores of users took to bitcoin-related boards and pleaded for miners in the GHash. IO pool to join another pool, in order to bring GHash. IO's market share down. It worked. As of Friday, data provided by Blockchain.info indicates GHash. IO is now at 28% hashing market share in the past twenty-four hours. Undoubtedly an immense improvement, but many....
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This is a press release by Ghash. IO and does not represent our views. Read our earlier post about the situation here: WARNING: GHASH. IO IS NEARING 51% - LEAVE THE POOL. Bitcoin mining pool GHash. IO is preventing accumulation of 51% of all hashing power. GHash. IO, the worlds largest and most powerful mining pool, has entered 2014 with overall hashing power of over 40%, making it the #1 pool currently in the Bitcoin network. The pool has gained significant hashing power due to the 0% pool fee, merged mining of alt coins, excellent real-time data presentation as well as quality 24/7/365....
newsBTC has received an official press release from the folks over at GHash. IO regarding the on-going threat of the mining pool getting 51% or more of total network hashing power mere hours following the publication of a story indicating the pool had reached 42% network hashing power. "The pool has gained significant hashing power due to the 0% pool fee, merged mining of alt coins, excellent real-time data presentation as well as quality 24/7/365 support service," the statement reads. Hashing power on GHash. IO is made up of 45% BitFury ASIC miners and 55% independent miners, according to....
Bitcoin miners around the world are starting to leave the Ghash.io bitcoin pool following a significant increase in the pool's hash share. According to Blockchain.info, Ghash.io accounted for more than 42% of bitcoin mining power a day ago, but over the past 24 hours its share has dropped to 38%. The fact that a single pool has such a high share has prompted some bitcoin miners to voice their concerns on social media and the mining community is starting to take notice. If a single entity ends up controlling more than 50% of the network's computing power, it could - theoretically - wreak....
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....
The bitcoin community has been critical for the past two days of the increasing hash rate of the biggest bitcoin mining pool Ghash which states that it is currently able to process 37.92 Ph/s leading to an estimation of 42% – 47% of the total network hashrate. Ghash has not yet responded to requests for comments. However, in a press release issued in January 2014 to alleviate fears of 51% control of the total hashrate, Ghash, whose hashrate is stated to consist of approximately 45% BitFury ASIC based miners and 55% independent miners, publicly stated in clear terms that: “GHash.IO does not....