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Technically incorrect statement in "Why is Ethereum switching to Proof of Stake (PoS)?" FAQ

Open AlexSSD7 opened this issue 4 years ago • 1 comments

Should a malicious actor try to tamper with the underlying protocol by using a large number of validators to revert a finalized block (the equivalent of a "51% attack" in PoW) their funds are slashed — meaning they lose a portion of their staked ETH.

While this is true, the author did not mention what will happen if the attacker acquires 66% ETH. In this case they can do any attacks without being slashed, as they will fully control the beacon chain.

AlexSSD7 avatar Feb 08 '22 21:02 AlexSSD7

Please feel free to make a PR against the .md files!

InsideTheSim avatar Feb 17 '22 14:02 InsideTheSim