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From: "Rune K. Svendsen" <runesvend@gmail.com>
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Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 22:11:08 +0200
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To: Justus Ranvier <justus@openbitcoinprivacyproject.org>
Cc: "bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org"
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Hash of UTXO set as consensus-critical
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An honest miner is a miner that supports the network by building on top of t=
he best valid chain. A malicious miner is one who wants to disrupt the Bitco=
in network, not support it, for example by executing a 51% attack which mine=
s empty blocks on top of the best chain.


/Rune

> Den 19/09/2015 kl. 19.19 skrev Justus Ranvier <justus@openbitcoinprivacypr=
oject.org>:
>=20
>> On 19/09/15 10:45, Rune Kj=C3=A6r Svendsen wrote:
>> We need to distinguish between two different things here:
>>=20
>> 1) A 51% attack, where the majority of mining power is *malicious* (hence=
 =E2=80=9Cattack=E2=80=9D)
>=20
> What does "malicious" mean?
>=20
> In other words, If miner A is mining honestly, and miner B is mining
> maliciously, what are some of the possible difference in their behaviour
> we would observe?
>=20
>=20
> --=20
> Justus Ranvier
> Open Bitcoin Privacy Project
> http://www.openbitcoinprivacyproject.org/
> justus@openbitcoinprivacyproject.org
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