Censorship Resistance Threshold

Current Bitcoin Hashrate

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Guerrilla Miners Needed

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50 TH/s
5%

About This Metric

This calculator helps determine Bitcoin's censorship resistance by estimating how many guerrilla miners are needed to fully secure the network. For Bitcoin to resist on-chain censorship, at least 51% of the total network hashrate must come from miners operating outside regulatory control.

The calculation accounts for any existing guerrilla hashrate and determines how many more guerrilla miners of a specified hashpower would be needed to reach the critical 51% censorship resistance threshold.

Terminology

Guerrilla Miners (Black Market Miners)

Bitcoin miners that operate covertly without regulatory oversight, often in small-scale or home setups distributed globally. These miners contribute to network decentralization by remaining anonymous and resistant to forced censorship or government capture.

Regulated Miners (White Market Miners)

Bitcoin miners that operate openly under regulatory oversight, typically as registered companies in industrial-scale facilities. These miners must comply with local regulations and are vulnerable to regulatory pressure, censorship mandates, and government capture.