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them, making it extremely expensive to acquire the necessary |
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hardware to pull an attack like this off. Smaller cryptocurrencies have |
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less hashing power securing the network, making it possible to simply |
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rent hashing power from miners on a service like <a href="#">Nicehash</a> |
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rent hashing power from miners on a service like <a target="_blank" |
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href="https://www.nicehash.com/">Nicehash</a> |
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for a few hours. This significantly reduces the capital costs of an |
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attack.</p> |
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<p>In recent weeks there have been a number of 51% attacks including a <a |
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<p>Recently there have been a number of 51% attacks including a <a |
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target="_blank" |
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href="https://qz.com/1287701/bitcoin-golds-51-attack-is-every-cryptocurrencys-nightmare-scenario/">high |
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profile attack</a> |
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against Bitcoin Gold a few days ago where $18 Million was stolen.</p> |
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against Bitcoin Gold where $18 Million was stolen.</p> |
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<h2>How is the attack cost calculated?</h2> |
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<p>Using the prices NiceHash lists for different algorithms we are able |
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to calculate how much it would cost to rent enough hashing power to match |
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<h2>Where is the data from?</h2> |
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<p>Hash rates are from <a target="_blank" |
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href="https://minethecoin.com">Mine the |
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Coin</a>, coin prices are from <a |
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href="https://whattomine.com/">What to |
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Mine</a>, coin prices are from <a |
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target="_blank" |
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href="https://www.coinmarketcap.com">CoinMarketCap</a>, |
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and rental pricing is from <a target="_blank" |
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