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Re:The Merge by alchemist1e9 on Saturday August 20, 2022 @07:27PM (#32536052)
Do you see the same issue I see? I don’t understand why they aren’t concerned about it.
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Re:The Merge by DennisP on Saturday August 20, 2022 @08:22PM (#32536302)
The hardware expense per node is very minor compared to the cost of 32 ETH, so it's a weak incentive to consolidate.

Weighed against that, the slashing penalties per node increase, the more nodes fail at once. That gives an economic incentive to decentralize.

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Re:The Merge by nuclearnice1 on Saturday August 20, 2022 @08:15PM (#32536277)
The validators have staked 32 ETH to the network. If they stay up, they get rewards. If they go down, they get hit with penalties. This incentivizes building a reliable system.

Is it sufficient? I’m not sure.

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