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by bb88 2951 days ago
What jhpriestley pointed out is that what's really saving bitcoin from a 51% attack is the inefficiency of obtaining computing power.

If renting asic miners becomes vogue (and it might because it makes the computing market more efficient) then it might be possible just to rent asic miners for nearly free, since you'd be acquiring bitcoins while you were amassing the 51% computing power.