Justin Drake argued that if miners relied solely on fees, Bitcoin's hash power would drop by 100x, increasing vulnerability to 51% attacks
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If fees were the only source of miner revenue today, revenue and hashing infrastructure would also decrease 100 times, putting the network at risk of experiencing 51% attacks. Drake stresses that if bitcoin rises to $1 million with the same level of fees collected today, it would only represent 10% of what miners are receiving today, also opening the network to attacks. “Bitcoin would be a $20T asset secured by 1/10th of today’s hashing infrastructure,” he detailed.
“Imagine fees were the only source of miner revenue today: → revenue drops 100x → hashing infra decreases 100x → 1% of today’s infra (1 large farm) can 51% attack Bitcoin That’s the trajectory we’re on. The 21 million cap breaks security, it’s self-destructive. It should be clear now Satoshi made an ooopsie.” – Justin Drake said.
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