“In the event of there being a successful 51% attack on a cryptocurrency, the attackers would be able to fool clients relying on SPV proofs into accepting any kind of invalid transaction, like one where coins are created out of thin air.”
https://medium.com/coinmonks/spv-proofs-explained-f38f8bb8f580 nostr:note12h3taf7verx9tw9nwdzk9gmyrnwmu9ekqef5tqrfme2je8meug8sqg6cwz
Discussion
ASICs work well, but with FPGAs you don’t need to manufacture a new model if a better ZKP algorithm beyond STARK is invented. FPGAs are backwards-compatible.