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		ye on Feb 11, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitcoin Exchanges Under ‘Massive and Concerted Att... No, a botnet can't ever achieve 51%. One modern ASIC rig is equivalent to a few thousand average CPU+GPU computers that make up a botnet.

jonknee on Feb 12, 2014 [–]

What about a botnet of modern ASIC rigs?

ye on Feb 12, 2014 | [–]

How would you get one?

ASIC owners are paranoid about their earnings. They would notice they are getting less than they usually do the next day after the infection.

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