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> lots of you on this site were telling me that 51% attacks on blockchains were almost entirely theoretical

We have multiple private actors in multiple countries amassing compute and networking power for AI ambitions, each of whom could single-handedly pot most cryptocurrencies outside Bitcoin and Ethereum.

That said, something being possible isn’t the same as it being true. To my knowledge, no 51% attack of consequence has ever been launched.





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