有一种预感，这是比特币社区的大事儿。专门开个帖子讨论一下。
事情是这样子滴。
今天媒体发现了一篇论文，论文的作者是康奈尔大学计算机系Ittay Eyal和Emin Gun Sirer两位学者。论文指出，比特币网络安全有重大的安全隐患，过去认为比特币网络需要多数人作恶才能被摧毁，但是现在发现必须要更严格的大多数遵守规则才行。根据他们的分析，只需要1/3的算力联合起来作恶，那么比特币挖矿的去中心化特点就会迅速瓦解。
论文原文在此：
Majority is not Enough: Bitcoin Mining is Vulnerable
http://i.cdn.turner.com/money/2013/images/11/04/btcProc.pdf论文的攻击方法要点是：
+在发现一个区块A之后，不要急于公布
+在这个区块A后面接着挖，争取发现区块B
+尽一切力量力求率先发现公共区块链条上面出现的区块。观察公共区块链条上与自己的链条相比谁更快
+如果在没有发现区块B之前，公共区块链条上面已经出现与A位置一致的区块Apublic，立刻发布区块A
区块A有一定概率会被其他诚实矿工接受，如果接受区块A的诚实矿工（当然还有攻击者本人）在A后面挖出了新的区块，那么区块A胜利。否则攻击者挖掘区块A和延续区块A的努力白费。
+如果攻击者发现了区块B，公共区块链条仍然没有发现区块Apublic，那么继续观察公共区块链条上面出现的区块。假定攻击者仍然未能占有51%的算力，那么公共区块链一般而言还是会追上来。那么在公共区块链条上面出现了区块区块Bpublic时，攻击者集中释放两个区块A和B
此时，区块A和B有一定概率会被其他诚实矿工接受。如果接受区块A+B的诚实矿工（当然还有攻击者本人）在B后面挖出了新的区块，那么区块A+B胜利。否则攻击者挖掘区块A、B和延续区块B的努力白费。此时其他诚实矿工发现挖掘区块Apublic的努力完全白费了。
如果不建立数学模型，攻击者似乎有得有失，但是定量分析发现，由于其他诚实矿工总是时不时地遭受损失，而且诚实矿工受到的损失更大。攻击者成功地运用”自损800、杀人3000“的战术，令自己最终占有全网产出的实际份额，超过诚实挖矿能够占有的份额。如果一旦有矿池发动攻击，其他诚实矿工出于经济理性，就会加入攻击者的队伍！而比特币全网算力就会迅速集中到这个攻击者的手中！（以上不代表楼主意见，仅仅是对论文愿意尽量忠诚的表述。）
按照论文的意见，如果攻击者拥有33%的全网算力，攻击者就是人心所向、势不可挡了！
有关媒体报道：
美学者发现比特币重大漏洞 或致货币体系崩溃
http://www.techweb.com.cn/news/2013-11-05/1351158.shtml英文报道更是铺天盖地：
Google news is showing a number of articles which amount to FUD, and are multiplying like gremlins.
Perhaps the Bitcoin Foundation should put up a short rebuttal / press release encapsulating some of the information in this thread. While the Eyal paper has some merit - it is certainly not a situation of "'
Bitcoin Is Broken' And Could Collapse"
Bitcoin flaw could let group take control of currency（比特币的内在缺陷可导致该货币被大型集团所控制）
CNNMoney - 3 hours ago
The flaw is due to the nature of how bitcoins are created -- people "mine" them by solving a complex puzzle with their computers. If used correctly, the system is set up so that someone guesses correctly every 10 minutes, and the winner gets 25 bitcoins.
http://money.cnn.com/2013/11/04/technology/bitcoin-flaw/Bitcoin Researchers: You Can Game the System（比特币研究者：你可以玩弄比特币）
Mashable - 10 hours ago
Computer science researchers at Cornell University claim to have found a way to subvert the system driving production of the digital currency Bitcoin. The researchers call their technique “selfish mining,” through which individuals or groups of Bitcoin miners ...
http://mashable.com/2013/11/04/bitcoin-cornell-researchers/Researchers Say 'Bitcoin Is Broken' And Could Collapse（研究者认为“比特币已经可以被攻破”，整个货币体系可能坍塌“
Yahoo!7 News - 1 hour ago
The problem is with how people "mine" bitcoins. Mining is how bitcoins are created. Most people don't mine bitcoins anymore. They buy them or take them as payment. But some people are in the business of mining coins with special bitcoin-mining computers ...
http://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/researchers-bitcoin-broken-could-collapse-014448102.htmlCornell Researchers Found a Way to Game Bitcoin（研究者发现愚弄比特币网络的方法）
RYOT - 2 hours ago
It's entirely likely and understandable, despite our better efforts to bombard you with Bitcoin stories recently, that you still don't know what Bitcoin is. (To be honest, 92 articles about it later we still don't fully grasp it.) But all you need to know is that it's digital ...
Bitcoin open to takeover, researchers discover with new algorithm
http://www.ryot.org/cornell-researchers-claim-able-game-bitcoin/456361Science Daily (press release) - 58 minutes agoNov. 4, 2013 — A major flaw that has gone unrealized until now leaves the $1.5 billion Bitcoin market open to manipulation and a potential takeover, according to a new study by two Cornell University computer scientists.（比特币网络发现重大安全漏洞，可以被少数人操纵）
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131104112234.htm
