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		sep_field on Feb 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I heat my home by mining crypto currencies Only once it gets publicized. You have a window to sell and make an enormous profit before people notice and then the entire bit-conomy gets wrecked. I hope this happens as it is a much better outcome to this mess we've created than wrecking the biosphere.

jki275 on Feb 23, 2021 [–]

Yeah, it's a really really tiny window though. chain reorganizations and 50% attacks are really easy to see on the chain and people do watch for them.

They've happened on smaller chains that don't have much hash power attached to them, but even there, they're caught very quickly.

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