Re:Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus
by cutemonster on Monday November 29, 2021 @03:10PM
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Thanks for explaining (I'm a different someone)
There was a PoS mechanism that makes people who cheat lose all their coins? I wonder if it is relevant here
... Aha, that's "slashing" -- the other members in the network would look at the two chains, and notice that you were misbehaving, and add transactions that remove parts of your coins? (They'd add to both chains? Or just the winning one?)
There was a PoS mechanism that makes people who cheat lose all their coins? I wonder if it is relevant here
... Aha, that's "slashing" -- the other members in the network would look at the two chains, and notice that you were misbehaving, and add transactions that remove parts of your coins? (They'd add to both chains? Or just the winning one?)