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Re:My professional opinion as a blockchain researcher: I don... by peterwwillis on Monday February 12, 2018 @03:45PM (#16361936)
> The word "byzantine" is so over-used as well as abused in this field of research, that for a random paper that mentions that word I can't really tell what actual problem it's solving unless I read through it fully in detail

I wouldn't say this is a problem. It's a useful red flag that you should stop reading this paper, or at the very least question the competency of the authors. Could save hours of your life!

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Re:My professional opinion as a blockchain researcher: I don... by infinity0 on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @04:41AM (#16365899)
It is a massive problem because it wastes a lot of people's time doing research in this area, trying to read up on previously-done work most of which is uninsightful and useless.

The whole point is that I can't tell if it's a red flag simply by reading the abstract, I have to read the entire paper. The good papers also use the same vague terminology!

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