{"id":47172,"date":"2021-08-04T10:20:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T07:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=47172"},"modified":"2025-09-01T20:01:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T17:01:21","slug":"bitcoin-sv-network-hit-by-51-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitcoin-sv-network-hit-by-51-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin SV network hit by 51% attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the Bitcoin SV network, a successful 51% attack occurred. The blockchain underwent a reorganisation to a depth of \u201ctens\u201d of blocks and split into three chains, according to Coin Metrics&#8217; network-data product manager, Lucas Nuzzi.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BSV is going through a massive 51% attack.<\/p>\n<p>After an attempted attack yesterday, some serious hashing power was unleashed today at 11:46AM and attackers are succeeding.<\/p>\n<p>Over a dozen blocks are being reorgd &#038; up to 3 versions of the chain being mined simultaneously across pools.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lucas Nuzzi (@LucasNuzzi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LucasNuzzi\/status\/1422637361138130944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to him, the attackers had attempted to attack the network the day before, and on 3 August at 18:46 (MSK) they mobilised serious hashing power and achieved success.<\/p>\n<p>Coin Metrics confirmed that their blockchain integrity risk management tool FARUM recorded the incident; the depth of the reorganisation was 14 blocks. After this, the attack subsided, but there were synchronization conflicts between major mining pools.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/E75I2iQXsAcqPbY-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\u0421\u0435\u0442\u044c Bitcoin SV \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0433\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044c \u0430\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0435 51%\" class=\"wp-image-144630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/E75I2iQXsAcqPbY-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/E75I2iQXsAcqPbY-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/E75I2iQXsAcqPbY-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/E75I2iQXsAcqPbY-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/E75I2iQXsAcqPbY.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Data: Coin Metrics.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u041f\u043e \u0434\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u043c \u0441\u0435\u0440\u0432\u0438\u0441\u0430 BitinfoCharts, \u0437\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434\u043d\u0438\u0435 24 \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0430 \u0445\u0435\u0448\u0440\u0435\u0439\u0442 \u0441\u0435\u0442\u0438 Bitcoin SV \u043e\u0431\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438\u043b\u0441\u044f \u043f\u043e\u0447\u0442\u0438 \u043d\u0430 44% \u2014 \u0434\u043e 333 PH\/s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bitcoin-SV-Hashrate-Chart-Google-Chrome-1024x386.jpg\" alt=\"\u0421\u0435\u0442\u044c Bitcoin SV \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0433\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044c \u0430\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0435 51%\" class=\"wp-image-144631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bitcoin-SV-Hashrate-Chart-Google-Chrome-1024x386.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bitcoin-SV-Hashrate-Chart-Google-Chrome-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bitcoin-SV-Hashrate-Chart-Google-Chrome-768x290.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bitcoin-SV-Hashrate-Chart-Google-Chrome-1536x579.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bitcoin-SV-Hashrate-Chart-Google-Chrome.jpg 1663w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Data: BitinfoCharts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, Nuzzi says that, amid the confusion surrounding the attack&#8217;s aftermath, it is difficult to assess the real drop in the metric.<\/p>\n<p>The price of the Bitcoin SV token over the past 24 hours fell by 4%, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\">CoinGecko<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"937\" height=\"139\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoinGecko-Cryptocurrency-Prices-and-Market-Capitalization-Google-Chrome-30.jpg\" alt=\"\u0421\u0435\u0442\u044c Bitcoin SV \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0433\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044c \u0430\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0435 51%\" class=\"wp-image-144632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoinGecko-Cryptocurrency-Prices-and-Market-Capitalization-Google-Chrome-30.jpg 937w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoinGecko-Cryptocurrency-Prices-and-Market-Capitalization-Google-Chrome-30-300x45.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoinGecko-Cryptocurrency-Prices-and-Market-Capitalization-Google-Chrome-30-768x114.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 937px) 100vw, 937px\" \/><figcaption>Data: CoinGecko.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Coin Metrics has not yet identified who was behind the attack, and the firm is studying the attackers&#8217; trail in search of \u201ctraces of double spends on exchanges,\u201d Nuzzi said.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2020, the 51% attack <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/anonymous-group-of-miners-carried-out-a-51-attack-on-bitcoin-cash-abc\">targeted<\/a> the Bitcoin Cash ABC (BCHA) network.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Bitcoin SV network, a 51% attack occurred. The blockchain underwent a reorganisation to a depth of \u201ctens\u201d of blocks and split into three chains, according to Coin Metrics&#8217; network-data product manager, Lucas Nuzzi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1395,1086],"class_list":["post-47172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-51-percent-attack","tag-bitcoin-sv"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"23","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47174,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47172\/revisions\/47174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}