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		sliverstorm on Nov 12, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reddit Considering Accepting Bitcoin Nothing preventing there from being one, aside from the good 'ol risk of 51% attack.

linhares on Nov 12, 2012 [–]

all that would do is to enable the attacker to double-spend their own btc. Not much else.

sliverstorm on Nov 12, 2012 | [–]

That sounds pretty catastrophic to me.

icebraining on Nov 13, 2012 | | [–]

Similar frauds occur every day with "normal" currencies, though.

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