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Re:The Limits to Blockchain Scalability by bottled_poe on Monday May 24, 2021 @03:56AM (#27261995)
When the pillars of some derivative blockchain have collapsed, how will we be certain about which download is the untampered version?
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Re:The Limits to Blockchain Scalability by ric2b on Monday May 24, 2021 @08:15AM (#27263450)
For Bitcoin the correct one is the one with the most accumulated proof of work that doesn't contain any invalid blocks.

For Ethereum 2.0 I believe it's something about asking a friend?

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Re:The Limits to Blockchain Scalability by shawnz on Monday May 24, 2021 @09:34AM (#27264161)
I think PoS chains typically use the chain with the most coin-days staked.
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