michael on Nostr: “As such, the verification is reliable as long as honest nodes control the network, ...
“As such, the verification is reliable as long as honest nodes control the network, but is more vulnerable if the network is overpowered by an attacker. While network nodes can verify transactions for themselves, the simplified method can be fooled by an attacker's fabricated transactions for as long as the attacker can continue to overpower the network.” - Bitcoin White Paper
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