A hacker was supposed to buy enough hashing power for just $10 to take over the network of Einsteinium (EMC2) in a 51% attack. An advance announcement gave the date of the event as October 13. The community bought all spare capacity, making a mockery of the hacking attempt.

The trace of the attack remains, as seen in a temporary spike in hashrate. Following the attempted offensive, live broadcast social platform Twitch suspended the hacker’s account.

The creator of DogeCoin, Jackson Palmer, drew attention to the attack and explained the developments in a Twitter thread:

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