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by sunrunner 55 days ago
> doesn't let you remove coins from someones wallet it allows you to change which transaction history is considered the real one

Potato potahto.

“You’ve got it all wrong officer, I wasn’t talking money from his wallet, I was changing history such that the money was transferred to my wallet instead.”
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sanswork 53 days ago
It's not about if one is wrong or not it's about what you can do with it. With a 51% attack you need to have a recent transaction to the wallet you want to attack and have received economic benefit from the transaction already.

It allows you do to a refund it doesn't allow you to take random bitcoins from a wallet.

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