Re:Mainnet Merge Announcement
by TakeBlaster16 on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @11:12AM
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I suppose that is possible, but we're thinking of two different incentive structures.
If 66% of miners censor their own blocks to comply with OFAC, then eventually the transaction will get in.
If 66% of miners not only censor their own blocks, but also collude to continually reorg the chain, then obviously all bets are off, the project has failed, and the exchange rate is headed to 0.
I think the former is infinitely more likely than the latter.
> If 66% of miners not only censor their own blocks, but also collude to continually reorg the chain, then obviously all bets are off, the project has failed, and the exchange rate is headed to 0.
Is it though? If crypto ever becomes a common currency people will still want to transact in it regardless of corruption/collusion among miners. Most are not going to stop using it for ideological reasons like "miners are altering the chain" unless it negatively impacts their own transactions.
If <50% of miners want to censor you, they can make it take longer for your transactions to be processed. If it's >50% (or thereabouts) they can prevent your transactions from every getting confirmed. Sure, the 34% could collude until they happen to produce 6 blocks in a row, but each individual member of that group would make more money by going along with the censorship and not being censored themselves.
I believe it's similar with PoS, but with somewhat different incentive magnitudes.