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		singpolyma3 10 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitcoin miners are losing on every coin produced a... What? That's not true. You don't need more than one CPU miner online for tx to go through. That's why there are difficulty adjustments.

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nytesky 10 days ago [–]

But as number of miners drop arent btc at risk of a 50% attack?

groundzeros2015 9 days ago | [–]

But if you have anywhere near the market power to do a 50% attack, you can make a lot of money mining.

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