Pools are certainly disincentived from performing attacks; they would likely lose a ton of business if they were to do so. And miners in general are long-term holders that are disinclined to harm folk's confidence in the system.
However, a pool can still be a single point of failure; someone could exploit a vulnerability to hijack a pool for a short period of time.
Jameson Lopp
npub17u…wt4tp
2023-02-18 16:54:20
in reply to nevent1q…2f9z
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npub17u5dneh8qjp43ecfxr6u5e9sjamsmxyuekrg2nlxrrk6nj9rsyrqywt4tpPublished at
2023-02-18 16:54:20Event JSON
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