# Gavin Andresen
# 2013-04-05 02:47:29
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=167646.msg1745634#msg1745634

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 @p{brk}
You're assuming that miners are completely distinct from the people who want the network to be secure (users/merchants/exchanges/etc). @p{par}

That is a bad assumption. Nothing stops a merchant who wants more network security from either subsidizing miners (maybe in exchange for a promise to prioritize transactions to them) or mining themselves. @p{par}

This is already happening, not for reasons of security but for other reasons. @p{brk}