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		stale2002 on Dec 26, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: As Bitcoin Sinks, Industry Startups Are Forced to ... What I am saying is, that it one "desperate" miner attacks, then 5 other miners, who don't want to lose their investment, will defend. The network is not static. It doesn't matter if one miner wants to make a quick buck, because the defenders have more to lose, and would spin up defending POW if needed.

Nursie on Dec 26, 2018 [–]

Until/unless a large player takes this sort of approach, like, say, Bitmain, who have just hit massive financial difficulties.

It absolutely can be in the rational self interest of such players. Relying on other dormant capacity to come up in defence seems fanciful at best.

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