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Bitcoin’s security risk starts when one block gets far more fees than the next

Bitcoin’s security risk starts when one block gets far more fees than the nextWorldPing

New research links wider fee gaps between adjacent Bitcoin blocks to more block races and slower immediate next-block arrivals.

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