Wall Street’s Wild Plan to 51% Attack Ethereum: Are We All in a Cosmic Joke?
Bailey’s rather audacious scenario hinges on this quaint little concept of concentration: if a gaggle of corporate balance sheets happens to acquire a significant share of staked ETH, he mused, perhaps equity-market shenanigans could take the place of actually, you know, buying tokens. He opened his thrilling theory with: “If enough ETH validators were owned by public Ethereum treasury companies (we’re talking around 20% of total ETH supply), you could launch a 51% attack on the public equities (yes, that’s a thing), and woosh—suddenly, you have governance over Ethereum! Congratulations, you’ve just transformed securities law into Ether’s new consensus mechanism. Grab a cupcake, it’s party time!” 🎉