Hacker Read

lupire | karma 8318 | avg karma 1.26 · 2021-03-13 18:23:57+00:00

"attack" is a misnomer. 51% is a majority vote.

rualca | karma 646 | avg karma 0.64 · 2021-03-14 09:24:54+00:00

Doesn't the majority vote mean that they get to control the cryptocurrency?

Sounds like an attack to me.

SilasX | karma 17521 | avg karma 2.12 · 2021-03-14 14:29:53+00:00

Yes, but, in fairness, the assumption behind blockchain is that it works as long as 50%+1 of the computation is power is honest, not that any block constituting 50%+1 is necessarily honest/good/correct.