esotericn

It depends how rationally the market responds, I guess.

A reorg attack and a DoS are equivalent in my mind - anyone who's capable of pulling off a lengthy DoS is also capable of performing a reorg attack, whether they actually do or not is kind of irrelevant.

In the general case I don't think that majority miner attacks can be defended against without changing the hash algorithm.

Specific cases like "empty blocks" could be addressed via a hard fork.

But there's nothing stopping miners from faking transactions in blocks, sending amounts to themselves, filling the block with OP_RETURNs, or just doing the minimum possible to get around your "fix".

PoW absolutely relies on >50% of miners being honest, always has done.

Everything you can do now could have been done in Feb 2020.

I'm happy for you and hope that when the world returns to normality, you are able to apply the lessons you have learned.

We don't need a new protocol, we just need people to reject centralized services.

The weak link is the legal entity of the corporation.

If you're happy existing with one other person and video calls indefinitely, then I consider you to be an obvious troll.

Nah.

That's lovely for you. I hope you enjoy your video chats.

Yes, indefinite restrictions will mean that eventually everyone develops severe mental issues.

Change the 5% to whatever you like, it doesn't matter.

I suppose there was that time when the US had >15% unemployment (now around 7%).

The X60s is magnificent. I love mine and may also buy more in the future.

Just a fantastic piece of kit. If only the mainboard were upgradable...

The lack of webcam is a bonus as far as I'm concerned; "Zoom culture" can burn.