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25 Jun 2020 6 minute read 0 comments Kluma
What is a 51% attack? A 51% attack is a vulnerability in PoW blockchains with the help of which an attacker takes control of transaction confirmation and block generation. What gives the possession of 51% of the network power? With 51% of t...
17 Jun 2020 2 minute read 2 comments Cryptomeitei
51% attack is one of the worst nightmare in crypto space. The aim of decentralisation is to bring transparency, trustworthy and privacy .But every project cannot be a full sucess. Being decentralised in nature still there is high risk of attack fr...
26 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments author_nan
The Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network is not looking at its healthiest, as ARK Invest analyst Yassine Elmandjra points out in a tweet made on May 23. 51% attacks seem reasonably possible, with other factors also showing some concerns. Elmandjra suggests th...
2 May 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Hippos4ever
In this article I will try to display to everyone reading why white hat hackers are a important part of the crypto ecosystem. I will be providing a summary experience one can get by reading this reddit I found related to the currency DGB (or Digibyte...
24 Feb 2020 3 minute read 0 comments Roberto D.
Possible attacks at the end of the chain (Blockchain) The fact that for minutes there may be ambiguity at the end of the chain has implications for transaction security. For example, if one of your transactions is part of one of the shorter branches,...
15 Feb 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Topdealz
What is a 51% attack in layman’s terms A 51% attack or double-spend attack is a miner or group of miners on a blockchain trying to spend their crypto's on that blockchain twice. ... The goal of this isn't always to double spend crypto's, but more oft...
28 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Roberto D.
This was communicated by James Lovejoy, a researcher at MIT's Digital Currency Initiative, with a post on GitHub published a few days ago; Bitcoin Gold suffered a new 51% attack (the second in the past two years) between 23 and 24 January. A 51% atta...
2 Dec 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Roberto D.
It is not the first time that it has happened, I remember at least two other precedents during the last year, the first in December 2018 and the second in spring 2019; now it has happened again, a 51% attack against Vertcoin has been successful. It w...
11 Jul 2019 12 minute read 0 comments art_of_bug
Welcome back. Last time we've talked about Particl. Since then there has been good news coming from Particl. The bugs were fixed and they are allegedly considering creating a proper bug bounty program. And we have published a post about how should a...
