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Re: A(nother) downside to Proof-of-Stake?
by
inBitweTrust
on 31/10/2014, 01:46:27 UTC
Sort of moot because the whole approach seems fundamentally unsound (or at least none of its advocates have stated a clear set of reasonable assumptions under which their system is secure (and where a centralized ledger wouldn't be)). https://download.wpsoftware.net/bitcoin/pos.pdf

I am curious to hear other's opinions on Vitalik's PoS proposals that attempt to address these security weaknesses:

https://blog.ethereum.org/2014/10/03/slasher-ghost-developments-proof-stake/