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Re:BTC Endgame by gruez on Friday February 19, 2021 @06:59PM (#26199702)
> So PoS is vaporware because it hasn't solved a problem where the miners can act against their economic best interests and mine a fork?

Not exactly. The point of "nothing as stake" attack is that you can pull off the attack while having... "nothing a stake".

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Re:BTC Endgame by StavrosK on Friday February 19, 2021 @07:12PM (#26199823)
Except the trust of the currency itself, as if you're attacking a currency you have a lot of stake in, you reduce the value of your stake because you attacked it.
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Re:BTC Endgame by Laforet on Friday February 19, 2021 @07:16PM (#26199867)
I'm pretty sure short selling crypto is still a thing. Loss of stake is jut another cost of business.
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