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AI company suggested to launch 51% attack on Bitcoin

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A suggestion has been made for a major AI company to leverage a day's worth of its computing power to execute a 51% attack on Bitcoin. The goal would be to steal all Bitcoin, crash its price by selling it on exchanges, and thereby disrupt the cryptocurrency market. AI

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AI company suggested to launch 51% attack on Bitcoin

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    One of the big # AI companies should use a day’s worth of the computing power they have set aside for training to launch a “51% attack” on # bitcoin and, like,

    One of the big # AI companies should use a day’s worth of the computing power they have set aside for training to launch a “51% attack” on # bitcoin and, like, steal all of the coins, then sell it on the crypto exchanges until the price falls to zero. That should hold ‘em out unt…

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