Poole 51pool.org, designed to "attack 51%" on the new network Ethereum Classic, has undergone a series of DdoS-attacks.
It is reported that the pool was created by an unknown user to gain control of the ETC system through the acquisition of 51% or more of its processing power. Such an attack, organized by one of the miners or other supporters of the project may lead to a change in the history of operations, blocking the process of confirmation of transactions in the network and a temporary malfunction of the system. Most likely, DdoS-attack had supporters Ethereum Classic, to prevent future unethical behavior on the part of enemies cryptocurrency.
Previously, "the attack 51%» Ethereum Classic threatened Chinese businessman Chandler Guo, who claims that the manages 98G heshreyta Ethereum. However, on July 31, he said he would give Ethereum Classic 1200 GH / s processing power to protect your network from potential hostile action. He and other Chinese miners believe that hashes capacity growth will reliably protect the bloc chain of attacks.
Chandler Guo and other miners have recognized the strong support Ethereum Classic community, changing attitude to the new cryptocurrency. This could be due to the take-off of the market capitalization of alternative Ethereum system and the fact that many kriptovalyutnye Exchange started trading the new token.
Ethereum Classic was launched after the split of the community in connection with hardforkom and the transition to a new blokcheyn. Ethereum Classic is traded under the ticker symbol ETC. Recall that in the description Ethereum Classic says that the goal of the project - to preserve the original Ethereum, the main characteristics of which are immutable and decentralization.
