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[-] 82cb5abccd918e03@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Doesn't bitcoins blockchain use some sort of consensus algorithm, so if one party has more than 50% of the compute power they control everything?

[-] makeasnek@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes, so does a democracy. Answered here in another comment on this thread https://lemmy.ml/post/17799179/12217017

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

In a democracy one person couldn't ever have more than 50% of the votes.

[-] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

51% but thats slower so ideally around 66% so you can make quicker faster changes. but yeah you ll have the same issues with fiat at that point.

[-] makeasnek@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

66% doesn't give you any more ability than 51% does. It doesn't change the speed, it just increases the cost. There would be no reason to hit 66% to do a 51% attack.

[-] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

They who domiante block mining will dominate the chain. 66% is just an outright majority relatively. 51% vs 49% can be regained with enough luck.

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