Why Blockchain is Secure?

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Longest Chain rule
● Nodes follow the longest chain rule
● Let's say; a chain currently has 100 Blocks & a Malicious Node (let's name it Mr X) decide to alter
the Block number 23.
● Changes will be made locally at Mr X computer
● All the node after 23 will be invalid at Mr X computer
● Broadcasting that node will not help
● Because other nodes are following longest chain rule and will reject the smaller chain 0-23 and will
choose 0-100.Hold on a sec! Can’t he recreate the remaining blocks from 24 till 101 and make
everyone accept that fake chain?

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Computationally Expensive
● In public Blockchain networks, it is computationally very very expensive & time-consuming to create
a Block. We call it Mining a Block.
● Mr X better have hundreds of supercomputers and tons of money in his pocket to fake that.

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Decentralized Nature
● There are many honest nodes in the network
● Faking a transaction will not help as correct nodes will reject it
● Pretending a Block will be expensive as we discussed but let's say even if he afford it, that new
block will not affect the transaction in that fake block will be rejected or accepted by other honest
blocks in upcoming Blocks.

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