Selfish Mining Simulator for Cryptocurrencies

Software to simulate performing a selfish mining attack against certain cryptocurrencies' difficulty algorithms. Allows tweaking parameters of the attack and the difficulty algorithms themselves.

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notes Software to simulate performing a selfish mining attack against certain cryptocurrencies' difficulty algorithms. Allows tweaking parameters of the attack and the difficulty algorithms themselves.
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title Selfish Mining Simulator for Cryptocurrencies