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Visa Card Network Crashes, Blockchain Has Never Gone Down

2 pointsby theweb1almost 7 years ago

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ubermanalmost 7 years ago
Your article states:<p>&quot;Popular blockchains manning Bitcoin and Ethereum, two of the most frequently used cryptocurrencies boast a 100% downtime&quot;<p>I don&#x27;t think that is what you meant to say.<p>I also don&#x27;t think you really want to include Ethereum in any discussion related to stability vis-à-vis the hardfork and all PoW blockchains are susceptible to 51% attacks.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;thenextweb.com&#x2F;hardfork&#x2F;2018&#x2F;05&#x2F;30&#x2F;heres-how-much-it-costs-to-launch-a-51-attack-on-pow-cryptocurrencies&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;thenextweb.com&#x2F;hardfork&#x2F;2018&#x2F;05&#x2F;30&#x2F;heres-how-much-it...</a>