Posts tagged ghash

Bitcoin and Voting Power

bitcoin security ghash 51% voting June 19, 2014 at 05:56 PM Emin Gün Sirer
This is a quick blog post to dispel a common Bitcoin misconception/myth involving voting power.

It's Time For a Hard Bitcoin Fork

bitcoin security ghash 51% June 13, 2014 at 02:05 PM Ittay Eyal and Emin Gün Sirer
A Bitcoin mining pool, called GHash and operated by an anonymous entity called CEX.io, just reached 51% of total network mining power today. Bitcoin is no longer decentralized. This note describes what we should do about it.