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Re:Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus by seoaeu on Sunday November 28, 2021 @09:58AM (#29369352)
What stops me from doing a hard fork to roll back both blocks?
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Re:Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus by lottin on Sunday November 28, 2021 @10:54AM (#29369854)
If you spend more tokens than the tokens that were spent mining the last two blocks you can erase the transactions in those blocks, but isn't that also the case with PoW?
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Re:Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus by seoaeu on Sunday November 28, 2021 @12:29PM (#29370825)
You aren’t following. The hard fork lets me double spend the tokens from those blocks.
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Re:Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus by lottin on Sunday November 28, 2021 @01:54PM (#29371696)
Indeed, I'm not following your argument.
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Re:Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus by ogogmad on Sunday November 28, 2021 @04:03PM (#29372999)
Stop asking people to do your homework.
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