“Arguably the most impactful part of a 51% attack is censoring transactions - preventing some payments from being confirmed - which is particularly pertinent in the case of Monero given its focus on privacy”
Monero’s source/destination and amount of each transaction are obfuscated so they couldn’t even censor transactions.
Re-org can’t happen even with 51% because everyone would see it was a fraudulent block.
This sounds like a nothingburger :
“Arguably the most impactful part of a 51% attack is censoring transactions - preventing some payments from being confirmed - which is particularly pertinent in the case of Monero given its focus on privacy”
Monero’s source/destination and amount of each transaction are obfuscated so they couldn’t even censor transactions.
Re-org can’t happen even with 51% because everyone would see it was a fraudulent block.
Re-org has already succeeded, less than half a month after the attack started.
The attack is estimated to have cost $1 billion so far ($75 per day).