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Alternate cryptocurrencies => Altcoin Discussion => Topic started by: ppblockchain on January 27, 2019, 08:21:46 PM



Title: [2019-01-27]25 Crypto Networks Vulnerable to ‘Fake Stake’ Attack, are Your Funds
Post by: ppblockchain on January 27, 2019, 08:21:46 PM
More than two dozen Proof-of-Stake (PoS) cryptocurrency networks are vulnerable to what has been dubbed a “fake stake” attack. The vulnerability allows a node with a very small stake to overwhelm competing nodes with false data and essentially crash them. Once competing nodes are gone, the attacking node can have a majority of stake on the crypto network, enabling it to conduct a 51% attack as the only validating node.

Read more : https://paperblockchain.com/25-crypto-networks-vulnerable-to-fake-stake-attack-are-your-funds-at-risk/ (https://paperblockchain.com/25-crypto-networks-vulnerable-to-fake-stake-attack-are-your-funds-at-risk/)