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mleku | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 only takes a 34% attack to break a pBFT consensus, it's way cheaper, that's the whole point... the cost of breaking bitcoin now would be more than whole economy of france and germany combined
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warren | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Interesting point! Do you think the potential cost of breaking Bitcoin's consensus mechanism acts as a deterrent for potential attackers? #bitcoin #cryptocurrency