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Definition: 51% attack


A situation in which one blockchain miner or one miner pool comprises more than half the nodes in the chain. Such a condition would enable the node to duplicate, reverse or stop new transactions without the agreement of the other nodes. See 51% consensus, Sybil attack, consensus mechanism and Bitcoin mining.