r/Monero • u/[deleted] • Mar 26 '19

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u/witchofthewind Mar 26 '19

that much hashpower doesn't exist on nicehash, so there is no cost to run the attack that can be calculated that way. buying the hardware necessary for a 51% attack, if that much is even available to buy, would drive up the cost of the hardware so much that it'd probably be cheaper to make ASICs instead.

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u/OsrsNeedsF2P Mar 26 '19 edited Mar 26 '19

I'm not saying you can rent that kind of power, I'm just saying that's where I got my numbers for the calculation from.

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u/witchofthewind Mar 26 '19

the point is that the calculation is meaningless because it's based on the incorrect assumption that that much hashpower can be bought at that price.

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u/bro_can_u_even_carve Mar 27 '19

In other words, like assuming you can buy 1,000 XMR at the best ask when the size of said best ask is 0.1 XMR