Translations:How VeriBlock PoP vBFI Protects Altchains/8/en

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If the alternate security-inheriting blockchain fork has publications to the security-providing blockchain that are better than the publications of the 'legitimate' current security-inheriting chain, then the fork is accepted. However, this forces the attacker to announce their attack in-step with the building of the legitimate main chain; announcing to the world where their attack starts (which blocks are threatened), and also indicating when their attack is abandoned (they stop building an 'offline' chain).