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What is a 51 percent attack?(dailydot.com)

2 points by jtsagata 11 years ago | 1 comment

imaginenore 11 years ago |

For starters, it's called >50% attack, not 51%.

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Weaknesses#Attacker_has_a_lot_of_...