Orca Pool Mining Operation Aims to Defend Altcoins and Forks From Attacks - by Jamie Redman

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Orca Pool Mining Operation Aims to Defend Altcoins and Forks From Attacks
news.bitcoin.com
by Jamie Redman
February 16th, 2019

Excerpt:

Last November the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community witnessed a hash war that resulted in a bifurcation of the main chain. The spat saw one of the first examples of the alpha miner strategy and an attempt to truly test Nakamoto consensus. About a week before the fork, a new mining operation was announced called Shark Pool aimed at explicitly attacking weaker chains. However, a new type of mining organization revealed itself on Feb. 15 called Orca Pool which seeks to protect altcoins and forks from being attacked by malicious miners.

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