BTC_P2P on Nostr: Andres gave a talk I believe around 2016-2017 where he pointed out that a 51% attack ...
Andres gave a talk I believe around 2016-2017 where he pointed out that a 51% attack just wasn’t possible anymore. So yes I think 2017 was when hash rate became impossible to overcome just due to a lack of ASIC hardware available to potential bad actors.
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