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		voxic11 on Dec 17, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitcoin Is Being Monitored by an Increasingly Wary... Wouldn't bitcoin respond to such an attack by just finally implementating a proof of stake protocol on top of their proof of work one?

hellbanner on Dec 20, 2016 [–]

I'm not sure, but any implementation needs to be accepted by the vast majority of miners for it to work.

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