On: Show HN: Cost of a 51% Attack on Popular Cryptocur...

[arisAlexis]

data center can't compete with asic mining farms

[stale2002 → arisAlexis]

I think the implication would be that you steal the asic mining farms.

IE, you somehow compromise 51% of the EXISTING hashpower, do your attack. It doesn't matter to YOU that their mining hardware will become worthless.

[wafflebear → stale2002]

It seems very implausible. Anyone with that level of sophistication may as well look for exploits in bitcoin exchanges and steal the bitcoins directly.