51% Attack
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020
Attempt to obtain control of a cryptocurrency, by obtaining 51% or more of the power of the network or of the cryptocurrencies of the network.
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Tokens which have been sent to addresses whose private key are not known, effectively becoming unusable.
Proof-of-Authority (PoA)
A consensus algorithm that asigns block validation queue based on identity and reputation.
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