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Re:Proof of Work Without All the Work by GordonS on Monday August 07, 2017 @11:04AM (#14947990)
Can you give a short summary of how PoS works?
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Re:Proof of Work Without All the Work by lloyd-christmas on Monday August 07, 2017 @11:06AM (#14948010)
Not a personal summary, but this is Ethereum's FAQ:

https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Proof-of-Stake-FAQ

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Re:Proof of Work Without All the Work by GordonS on Thursday August 10, 2017 @02:55PM (#14982916)
So... the more Ether you lock up, the more Ether you stand to gain; sort of like having a higher chance of winning the lottery if you buy a lot of tickets?
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