Such confidence in Bitcoin is splendid, but a 94,500 BTC tx tempts fate. If recipient can make that much from reversing the tx, they can afford to run a 51% attack for more than 40 days. Big if & very visible, but security here depends more on trust & less on the protocol itself.https://twitter.com/whale_alert/status/1169815776733220866 …
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Replying to @NickSzabo4
1/ Coordinating a 51 percent attack is a logistical nightmare itself. However, bitcoin game theory takes an interesting turn here
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Replying to @P2SHrey @NickSzabo4
Pools participating in this attack now have their participants bitcoin hardware investment lose value as the price of bitcoin tanks. Miners and pools go out of business and its the end of the industry.
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Replying to @P2SHrey @NickSzabo4
Its in miners and pools best interest to maintain a just bitcoin chain to maximise investment return on their hardware. A one time profit from such an event dwarves the future expected return from honestly mining bitcoin on the longest chain.
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Vague, hand-waving nonsense.
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