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Been seeing alot of #bitcoin security budget FUD lately. Doesn't the difficulty adjustment solve for this in the event #bitcoin fiat price fails to double every 4 years?

average_bitcoiner 4mo ago 💬 2

Difficulty adjustment plays into it but not super relevant since the security budget usually refers to tx fees

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Broletariat 4mo ago

And block subsidy when compared to the costs of mining. If difficulty drops, does it not become cheaper to mine the blocks?

average_bitcoiner 4mo ago 💬 1

It becomes easier. Not necessarily cheaper.

Broletariat 4mo ago

So then is the security budget issue real? If not many transactions occur on L1 and fees stay at 1 sat/vbyte combined with a reduced block subsidy, wouldn't that be a major issue?