Dec 2, 2019 ⋅ 1 min read
Yesterday, Vertcoinsuffered its second 51 percent attack in a year. According to Vertcoin’s lead maintainer James Lovejoy, the attack saw 603 blocks replaced with 553 blocks mined by the attacker. The reorganization caused 5 double-spend attacks worth about $29. Lovejoy stated there is “strong evidence” that the attack was carried out renting hashrate from Nicehash, a cloud mining company.
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