Luke Dashjr on Nostr: Mining is high variance. While they would be outpaced by honest miners _on average_, ...
Mining is high variance. While they would be outpaced by honest miners _on average_, there is always a possibility they succeed. At 20% network hashrate, that's a significant possibility. They aren't limited to attacking one person at a time, either.
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