Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Yeah, in about 70 years, the block subsidy for the entire year will only be 0.01373184 BTC. I highly doubt that would be enough to guard almost 21 million BTC from double spend attacks. That's the equivalent of spending $70,000/year to guard all the gold that's ever been mined.


Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: