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		CyberDildonics on Dec 22, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitcoin's mining difficulty has increased by 41.9%... That would only make sense if you could somehow rent 51% of the hashrate, which isn't remotely true.

gritzko on Dec 22, 2015 [–]

Another option is to hack 51% of the hashrate. The third one is to own it from the very beginning.

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