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Ekaros 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Bitcoin Block 840000

Now what makes bitcoin special and different from any other coin? Take something like Litecoin, far below previous peaks. Surely it is not worse with encryption than bitcoin?

halfcat 8 months ago [–]

At this point, market cap, i.e. the cost to execute an attack against it.

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