Assessing Blockchain Consensus and Security Mechanisms against the 51% Attack
The 51% attack is a technique which intends to fork a blockchain in order to conduct double-spending. Adversaries controlling more than half of the total hashing power of a network can perform this attack. In a similar way, <i>n</i> confirmation and selfish mining are two attack techniqu...
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MDPI AG
2019-04-01
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| Series: | Applied Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/9/1788 |