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Emin Gün Sirer
Emin Gün Sirer
Emin Gün Sirer
@el33th4xor

Emin Gün Sirer

@el33th4xor

Prof @Cornell & system builder. I am passionate about CS, Distributed Systems, OSes, NoSQL, and Bitcoin. Current Projects: HyperDex, OpenReplica and Nexus.

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Joined October 2011
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Emin Gün Sirer ‏@el33th4xor 16 Jun 2014

A 51%er can attack #Bitcoin in many subtle ways: How A Mining Monopoly Can Attack Bitcoin http://hackingdistributed.com/2014/06/16/how-a-mining-monopoly-can-attack-bitcoin/ …

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11:55 AM - 16 Jun 2014
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    1. Peter Todd ‏@petertoddbtc 16 Jun 2014

      @el33th4xor Pity the reddit submission for this has an awful title, "Why the church of andreas antonopoulos is false" http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/28b146/why_the_church_of_andreas_antonopoulos_is_false/ …

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    2. Emin Gün Sirer ‏@el33th4xor 16 Jun 2014

      @petertoddbtc I see multiple submissions. Here's another one: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/28ba3s/how_a_mining_monopoly_can_attack_bitcoin/ …

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    3. Peter Todd ‏@petertoddbtc 16 Jun 2014

      @el33th4xor re: the comments: "And here we see the distinctive plumage of a Bitcoin User." pic.twitter.com/FJ9yAzV551

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    4. Pedro Rittner ‏@GeneralAltoids 16 Jun 2014

      @petertoddbtc @el33th4xor "but muh non-centralized currency! the devs will fix it!" etc.

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    5. Pedro Rittner ‏@GeneralAltoids 16 Jun 2014

      @petertoddbtc @el33th4xor I worry that if/when bitcoin tanks/becomes de facto fiat, the angry remnants will target libmacaroons as revenge..

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    7. Emin Gün Sirer ‏@el33th4xor 16 Jun 2014

      @GeneralAltoids @petertoddbtc They've already been through the blog multiple times. An idiot called Cunicula "attack rabbit" organized them

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    9. Emin Gün Sirer ‏@el33th4xor 16 Jun 2014

      @GeneralAltoids @petertoddbtc Turns out, he was an idiot in Singapore, posting from work. He was reprimanded by his bosses.

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    10. Pedro Rittner ‏@GeneralAltoids 16 Jun 2014

      @el33th4xor @petertoddbtc I'm amazed you haven't gotten any death threats yet. I remember some of the comments before they got taken down...

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  1. Gordon Mohr ☁· ͜⌞·☁ ‏@gojomo 18 Jun 2014

    @el33th4xor @nickszabo4 indeed, but none so 'subtle' there wouldn't be clear evidence in blockchain, txn-lags, & extortionate-demands

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