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Kamikaze Attack – Block Halving and the Perils of Proof-of-Work

Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies

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How Does the Mining Pool Work?

As an attacker, like buying 51 % of the mining power, you know its actually, i may be complicated. So one way of dealing with the situation is that you try to bribe people to ou attack. Ah, and and so you create your own mining pool,. That that pays people to mine with you and mine all these empty blocks. Now, where does the, how does the block having, ther blackerboard having fit into this scenaria? Cause i tat that sort of the ample fire tho, that really makes it that much more interesting, that's true. But, well, actualy, let's talk first about the the mining pool, right?

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