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by lostmsu 2405 days ago
> smart contracts can be used to execute trustless, crowd-sourced DoS attacks on rival blockchains

And that's a good thing. We needed an established way to attack rival blockchains that use the same PoW mechanism. They are insecure by design of PoW, and until they are all torn down by attacks, unsuspecting people can loose a lot of money.