what I don't like about tendermint:
"If the validator causes the blockchain to fork while its coins are locked in bond, all of its coins are destroyed."
so if the developers make some mistakes, or I have some network problems or whatever and it forks, I loose the coins. Wow!
That's a valid concern, though one that isn't impossible to fix with proper technology. A modification to the protocol could be made to only destroy a fraction of the bonded coins (and the guaranteed security would likewise be reduced), but I don't mention that in the whitepaper because it doesn't help clarify the algorithm.