Hostile mining attacks on minority hash power coins

2019-8-20 11:02

Charlie Lee announced that Litecoin controls 98 percent of the hash rate for its “Scrypt” mining algorithm. This dominance is critical for the security of LTC. Meanwhile, other coins which have minority control over their algorithm, such as Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV, remain at high risk of malicious attack.

On Aug. 12, Litecoin creator […]

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