Bitcoin Mining Pool Ghash.io Is Unapologetic Over Risk Of Theoretical 51% Attack

Bitcoin Mining Pool Ghash.io Is Unapologetic Over Risk Of Theoretical 51% Attack

Many are uncomfortable with Ghash.io's large percentage of total network hashrate. Update: Ghash.io has responded as expected. Two Cornell researchers that have been trying to poke holes in Bitcoin's network security, Ittay Eyal and Emin Gün Sirer, have taken this opportunity to remind the Bitcoin community of many other theoretical attacks that can occur with a centralized Bitcoin mining network. In fact, many of the theoretical attacks described would arguably be more likely than a blatant 51% attack. However, any attack, no matter how subtle, could be detected on the blockchain and the....


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