Re:Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus
by mlyle on Sunday November 28, 2021 @04:02AM
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The argument he's making is, you could stake for blocks 10000-10005 and get your money back.
And then produce a big fake chain from 10,002 (in the middle of the time you were staking) -> 10,000,000 later, with an alternate history in which you didn't stop staking.
I don't think this attack is particularly realistic for a lot of reasons, but PoW does have some small amounts of additional strength against these scenarios.
And then produce a big fake chain from 10,002 (in the middle of the time you were staking) -> 10,000,000 later, with an alternate history in which you didn't stop staking.
I don't think this attack is particularly realistic for a lot of reasons, but PoW does have some small amounts of additional strength against these scenarios.