Hack history / 2021 / Hack or exploit
BSV
Hack or exploit on Aug 3, 2021 · 51% attack
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
undisclosed
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
not ranked
collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked
What happened
Starting at around 23:45 on August 3, Beijing time, BSV suffered a “large-scale” 51% attack, resulting in the simultaneous mining of three versions of the chain.
Details
- Date
- Aug 3, 2021
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- 51% attack
- How in
- Other
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
Related incidents
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "BSV hack, Aug 3, 2021: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htce2787fcad/ (data as of 2026-10-31).