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by IshKebab 3573 days ago
> making it improbable that a single entity can exceeded 50% of the total hash power

Not that improbable: http://www.coindesk.com/ghash-io-never-launch-51-attack/

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Keep in mind that a 51% attack doesn't guarantee anything, it just increases the likelyhood that you can reorder transactions.
True, and the problem gets worse with less participants.