Blockchain (currency) is dead

[rslade]

OK, you want proof that blockchain is not the answer?

Somebody did a 51% attack on Einsteinium (EMC2).

And he livestreamed the process.

[Flyslinger2]

Link appears to be dead or taken down.

[CraginS]

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@rslade wrote:

OK, you want proof that blockchain is not the answer?

Somebody did a 51% attack on Einsteinium (EMC2).

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1. There is no answer until you have a question. What question resulted in someone thinking blockchain is an answer, for anything.

2. A 51% attack on a blockchain has been described as a theoretical for some time now. It's a matter of scale. Einsteinium may be small enough to grab 51% of the resources, but Bitcoin may be too big for a realistic attack.

[rslade]

> Flyslinger2 (Contributor II) posted a new reply in Industry News on 10-19-2018 02:15 PM in the (ISC)² Community :

> Link appears to be dead or taken down.

Hmmm. A Google search turns up the announcement, and an attempt, by the
Einsteinium community to circumvent the attack, but no mention of the actual
attack ...

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[Caute_cautim]

It appears to be happening on a regular occurrence:

https://www.coindesk.com/blockchains-feared-51-attack-now-becoming-regular/

https://securityintelligence.com/the-blockchain-is-only-as-strong-as-its-weakest-link/

Like everything, you only need one weak link.

Regards

Caute_cautim

[Caute_cautim]

There is plenty of traffic on the subject:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/9nzl2h/this_was_the_way_einsteiniumemc2_tried_to_st...

https://cryptoblockwire.com/einsteinium-repels-51-attack/

https://www.emc2.foundation/news/

Regards

Caute_cautim

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