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Title: Minority fork possibility Post by: natd on December 06, 2013, 05:17:00 PM In an hypotetical case a country government decides to control bitcoin by buying 80% of all BTC available. Could the minority (20%) rebel against it and fork the block chain? Can the rebels produce less difficulty blocks in order to overcame the majority stake? I'm just wondering if that is possible.
Title: Re: Minority fork possibility Post by: katoshi on December 06, 2013, 05:34:57 PM i guess it would be easier to just switch to an altcoin
Title: Re: Minority fork possibility Post by: natd on December 06, 2013, 06:03:13 PM Hmmm somebody thought of that already, and it seems possible: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2060840/selfish-miner-attack-could-devastate-bitcoin-researchers-say.html
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