1510, 2018
Attacker pledges to make 51 percent attacks a spectator sport
After attacks on Verge and Bitcoin Gold, the vulnerability of many altcoins to 51 percent attacks has been highlighted again by an anonymous Tweeter who has revealed plans to live stream attacks of low hashrate coins
410, 2017
Bitcoin Gold — A friendly dividend fork, or Bitcoin’s disaster recovery plan?
On October 25th, the Bitcoin blockchain is set to hardfork and create a new cryptocurrency called Bitcoin Gold (BTG). Existing private keys holding a Bitcoin balance at that time will be credited with the same amount of Bitcoin Gold on November 1st, similar to how they received Bitcoin Cash at the beginning of August.
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