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by esotericn 2663 days ago
This isn't a shutdown problem. That's getting the directionality confused.

This is actually the failure mode of most altcoins in the wild. They get attacked because the consensus was never reliable.

There are still tons out there (easily more than 50% by number) that could be smashed into oblivion by anyone with a decent amount of money tomorrow.