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		Jasber on March 16, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Namecoin > I think it would be possible for BitDNS to be a completely separate network and separate block chain, yet share CPU power with Bitcoin Pardon my very beginner questions, does anyone know how this technically works and can explain it in more detail (or point to a good resource)? My understanding was new information either needed to be implemented directly into the Bitcoin block chain, or a completely new one had to be created. How could you still share CPU resources but have two different networks? Would this mean a 51% attack against one would have no affect on the other?

gwern on March 16, 2014 [–]

The keyword you want is 'merged mining'.

Jasber on March 16, 2014 | [–]

Thanks! (clickable: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/273/how-does-merg...)

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