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What is the 51% attack, how does it work, and how to make it harmless?

We hear a lot about the 51% attack, but what is it really about? The 51% attack is a hacking procedure that is perpetrated against the blockchain in order to take

Verge zažívá katastrofu – veškeré transakce za posledních 200 dní vymazány během ohromující reorganizace blockchainu

Kryptoměna Verge (XVG) zaznamenala rozsáhlou reorganizaci blockchainu vedoucí ke zmizení transakcí a zůstatků za posledních 200 dní...

51% útok na Ethereum Classic (ETC) již nepůjde provést tak snadno, jako dosud

Kryptoměna Ethereum Classic právě implementovala nápad, který představil sám Vitalik Buterin již v roce 2014.

Stepan Gershuni: right now the Vertcoin network is under attack 51%»

Blogger and blockchain expert Stepan Gershuni reported in his Telegram channel that another "51% attack"is being made on the network of the Vertcoin project.

Attack 51%: Einsteinium (EMC2) protected by a hash lease!

51% attacks can occur at any time, yet remain predictable, giving platforms time to prepare a defense strategy. Previously targeted, EMC2 was clever enough to avoid

Bitmain is close to controlling 51% of the Bitcoin network

Bitmain has dug 42 percent of Bitcoin in the past week and is moving closer to controlling 51 percent of its network hash strength. Bitmain is about to control 51%

Solutions for 51% attacks - part 1

Classical Proof of Work systems are becoming more and more threatened by 51% attacks. This is caused by the combination of at least two factors. One is that

ALTCOINS Litecoin Cash under 51% attack, inhibition of small PoW coins

Litecoin Cash was recently found under 51% attack! Cryptographic forms of money have as of late been hit with an attack that used to be more hypothetical than genuine,

ZenCash Latest Altcoin to Suffer 51 Percent Attack

Privacy-centric cryptocurrency ZenCash (ZEN) has become the latest altcoin to succumb to a 51 percent attack, the project’s developers confirmed over the weekend.

An attack of 51% on the Ethereum Classic network will cost $1.5 million.

Hussam Abboud, the researcher cryptocurrency Brazilian FECAP University, published an article in which he demonstrated that a successful attack on the blockchain