cyu@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoBRICS to launch independent financial systemvovworld.vnexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square82cb5abccd918e03@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoDoesn’t bitcoins blockchain use some sort of consensus algorithm, so if one party has more than 50% of the compute power they control everything?
minus-squaremakeasnek@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 months agoYes, so does a democracy. Answered here in another comment on this thread https://lemmy.ml/post/17799179/12217017
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoIn a democracy one person couldn’t ever have more than 50% of the votes.
minus-squareslacktoid@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months ago51% but thats slower so ideally around 66% so you can make quicker faster changes. but yeah you ll have the same issues with fiat at that point.
minus-squaremakeasnek@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months ago66% doesn’t give you any more ability than 51% does. It doesn’t change the speed, it just increases the cost. There would be no reason to hit 66% to do a 51% attack.
minus-squareslacktoid@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThey who domiante block mining will dominate the chain. 66% is just an outright majority relatively. 51% vs 49% can be regained with enough luck.
Doesn’t bitcoins blockchain use some sort of consensus algorithm, so if one party has more than 50% of the compute power they control everything?
Yes, so does a democracy. Answered here in another comment on this thread https://lemmy.ml/post/17799179/12217017
In a democracy one person couldn’t ever have more than 50% of the votes.
51% but thats slower so ideally around 66% so you can make quicker faster changes. but yeah you ll have the same issues with fiat at that point.
66% doesn’t give you any more ability than 51% does. It doesn’t change the speed, it just increases the cost. There would be no reason to hit 66% to do a 51% attack.
They who domiante block mining will dominate the chain. 66% is just an outright majority relatively. 51% vs 49% can be regained with enough luck.