> But there's so much 'dry powder' out there (GPUs), I wonder if *not* > supporting merge-mining is any better? At least the attacker has to do > some unique PoW, so you hope it's costing them something.
With lots of people having access to 100TH+ there's not really much 'cost' to doing a 51% attack on an alt-coin beyond a short-term diversion away from 'profitable' mining. At least by supporting merged mining, more miners are likely to 'support' multiple coin types, thus making a 51% attack from an individual/group less straightforward. >> The rational decision for a non-scam altcoin, is to take advantage of >> merged mining to get as much security as possible. Exactly. Rob ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
