Andreas Antonopoulos - 51% Bitcoin Attack

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters link it as a short, favorite explanation of Bitcoin's security and the sustainability of a 51% attack.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Rodolfo Díaz

Topic

bitcoin 51% attack

Format

explainer

Level

intro

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2021–2024

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From the original HN conversations

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• it’s basically impossible to sustainably 51% Bitcoin or ETH at this point. You could 51% for an hour (maybe, if you can get that hash rate from nicehash for that long, but I doubt you actually can), but what happens at the end of that …

• It should be noted that the bitcoin network does not need to consume more energy to scale up: - Using more energy does not translate to more transactions committed to the ledger. Second and third layer solutions can handle the world's transactional need with minimal …

• > They don’t provide an analysis of the true cost of launching a 51% attack. Andreas Antonopoulos has done this many times already. [VIDEO] (one of my favorites and only a couple minutes long) [LINK] [LINK] [LINK]