[bitcoin-dev] Hash of UTXO set as consensus-critical

Justus Ranvier justus at openbitcoinprivacyproject.org
Sat Sep 19 17:19:11 UTC 2015


On 19/09/15 10:45, Rune Kjær Svendsen wrote:
> We need to distinguish between two different things here:
> 
> 1) A 51% attack, where the majority of mining power is *malicious* (hence “attack”)

What does "malicious" mean?

In other words, If miner A is mining honestly, and miner B is mining
maliciously, what are some of the possible difference in their behaviour
we would observe?


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Justus Ranvier
Open Bitcoin Privacy Project
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justus at openbitcoinprivacyproject.org
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