Definition

51% Attack

noun fifty-one per-SENT uh-TAK

Refers a directed towards controlling share of the collective mining pool. If a malicious party were to control more than 51% of global hashing power, it would give them the potential to direct the chain and use their majority consensus to submit fake transactions that may allow for the double spending of funds.

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A 51% attack becomes possible when one actor controls most of a proof-of-work network's hashing power.

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