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Re:Why I’m so “against” Ethereum by keymone on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @09:37AM (#18806378)
> the difference in bootrapping between PoW and PoS is in PoS, a hash of a block is also needed from a trusted third party.

so far so good...

> In both cases, a trusted third party is needed

wait, what? when did that thing sneak into your argument? why do i need trusted party for PoW?

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Re:Why I’m so “against” Ethereum by CryptoPunk on Monday January 07, 2019 @03:50PM (#18849915)
I thought we went through this. In PoW, you need the consensus rules from a Trusted Third Party.
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