Consensus is only provably secure if there is complete broadcast: every node broadcasting to every other node. That's impractical, but we should move closer to that ideal, each node communicating directly across as many internet bottlenecks as feasible to prevent eclipse attacks.https://twitter.com/udiWertheimer/status/1082918393940987906 …
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Replying to @NickSzabo4
Hi Nick, do you think Bitcoin network will be successfully 51% attacked ?
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A 51% attack requires owning Bitcoin in order to destroy it, which presumes some very peculiar incentives. ...
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... As an extremely expensive act of strategic vandalism it might be just about imaginable, but as a profit seeking scam it absolutely isn't.
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