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Re:Mainnet Merge Announcement by Zamicol on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @12:55PM (#32582264)
If a network "votes down" cryptographic proof, that itself becomes cryptographic proof of dishonesty.
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Re:Mainnet Merge Announcement by spywaregorilla on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @01:04PM (#32582408)
And... so what? Is there a mechanism to punish validators for not being honest on slasher votes?
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Re:Mainnet Merge Announcement by 735409264082 on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @02:07PM (#32583419)
You don't recognise their actions and let them fork of into a useless chain. This happens automatically, just as when a miner would mine an invalid block.
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