Possibility of a 51 percent attack during a US blackout?

[300]

Kind of inspired by the other thread except this is about the Bitcoin network as a whole.

I would imagine most of the Bitcoin network's computing power is located in the United States, and most of this is probably in California. If the power goes out in California and maybe just one or two other states - perhaps even for a couple of hours, wouldn't that allow for malevolent parties (who would normally lack the resources) to attack and destroy the Bitcoin network?

It has happened before:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Southwest_blackout

[jc01480]

Only in a nuclear strike.  The power grid is set up in a complex system of redundant networks.  There are a lot bigger concerns in the event of a realization of your scenario.  Very strange question indeed.

[BitCoinDream]

Kind of inspired by the other thread except this is about the Bitcoin network as a whole.

I would imagine most of the Bitcoin network's computing power is located in the United States, and most of this is probably in California. If the power goes out in California and maybe just one or two other states - perhaps even for a couple of hours, wouldn't that allow for malevolent parties (who would normally lack the resources) to attack and destroy the Bitcoin network?

It has happened before:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Southwest_blackout

Is it really so ? Bitcoin's majority computing power is coming from US ? I doubt... where are they from ?

1. GHash.IO

2. Discus Fish

3. BTC Guild

4. Eligius

5. Slush

[hilariousandco]

Kind of inspired by the other thread except this is about the Bitcoin network as a whole.

I would imagine most of the Bitcoin network's computing power is located in the United States, and most of this is probably in California.

That seems to be quite a big assumption there.

[NWO]

Are you planning something OP? 

[Soros Shorts]

I would imagine most of the Bitcoin network's computing power is located in the United States, and most of this is probably in California.

Why would you imagine this? Because of California's super cheap power rates?

[ebliever]

I would imagine most of the Bitcoin network's computing power is located in the United States, and most of this is probably in California.

Why would you imagine this? Because of California's super cheap power rates?

LOL; the OP speculation is way off on his assumptions.

Anyone know for a fact where the big mining farms are? I've heard Oregon, Iceland and China.

[Meuh6879]

 https://blockchain.info/fr/nodes-globe?series=onlineNow

3 locations to detroy : USA, Europe and China ... to destroy Bitcoin.
simple.

[DannyHamilton]

I would imagine most of the Bitcoin network's computing power is located in the United States, and most of this is probably in California.

That's quite an imagination that you have there.

I would imagine most of the Bitcoin network's computing power is located on the planet of Mars.

[skooter]

If someone wanted to do a 51% attack, they'd be better off doing a ddos attack against the major miners then hoping for a blackout, LOL.

[benjyz]

http://getaddr.bitnodes.io/

[Zosergag]

I doubt that Bitcoin's majority computing power is coming from US.I  really doubt.

[paulsonnumismatics]

I would imagine most of the Bitcoin network's computing power is located in the United States, and most of this is probably in California.

Why would you imagine this? Because of California's super cheap power rates?

Lol.

Now seriously, i always thought that one of the goals of the Bitcoin Foundation should be to close deals with maybe universities all over the world so they mantain a permanent node on, to spread even more the hashrate... Maybe im talking nonsense here... But being a foundation maybe they can benefit from grants in each country, the Unis will mine and reinvest, etc... So when Mexico invades USA the blockchain keeps stable and such. Ow, there we go again.

[grifferz]

Now seriously, i always thought that one of the goals of the Bitcoin Foundation should be to close deals with maybe universities all over the world so they mantain a permanent node on, to spread even more the hashrate...

I think if bitcoin depended on such charity to survive then it wouldn't survive. It needs to survive on the basis of there being an economic motivation to run a full node and mine. And so far I think it is showing that that is the case.

[BunsenBurner]

http://getaddr.bitnodes.io/

It is a map of bitcoin nodes, rather than miners.

[Bit_Happy]

http://getaddr.bitnodes.io/

East coast so much more than west?
Looks like New York really loves BTC.