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0 pointsmicrotherion5y ago0 comments

Did you mean "soft fork", or are you thinking of a different concept I'm not familiar with?

Forks can and have been used to deal with isolated malicious incidents, but do you think they can be successful against an actor in extended control of a substantial part of the hash rate?

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doggosphere5y ago

You can alter the hashing algorithm to one that is more ASIC resistant. Monero did this.

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0 pointsmicrotherion5y ago0 comments

Did you mean "soft fork", or are you thinking of a different concept I'm not familiar with?

Forks can and have been used to deal with isolated malicious incidents, but do you think they can be successful against an actor in extended control of a substantial part of the hash rate?

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doggosphere5y ago

You can alter the hashing algorithm to one that is more ASIC resistant. Monero did this.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse