KEkerkeslager·Jul 6, 2021
> Yes it is. The more people with coins actively minting in the system, the higher the difficulty of getting chosen.
I'm well aware. But eventually a large validator will get chosen--it's not difficult to get chosen, it's rare. The fact that PoS folks call this "difficulty" does not make it so.
> If you really want to keep discussing this with me, read through the WHOLE of https://github.com/fresheneesz/validatedProofOfStake and show me a full attack on it.
Given your proposed solution is checkpoints from a centralized trusted entity, you're giving up decentralization. Sure, your solution works. If you don't trust the source of the checkpoint, you're back to square one--it no longer works. And if you're willing to give up decentralization, may I suggest you just store all transactions in Postgres? You don't need a blockchain if you're ju
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st going to trust a centralized entity.
I'm not going to give your design a free audit. If there's some way this isn't centralized, feel free to explain, otherwise, this isn't relevant--I think we can assume that PoS is being discussed in the context of decentralized, trustless models.
> If you're not a detractor, than how about just trying to learn instead of insulting the intelligence of people who have actually worked on solutions to these problems?
I haven't insulted your intelligence. You're probably a smart guy. Which is probably why you're overconfident in your solution: smart people aren't used to being wrong, so you aren't taking the time to actually grok the attack I've already proposed, or why the only working solution you've actually proposed depends on centralization.
I did question your credibility to make claims here, because it's pretty clear you either don't understand the attack proposed by On Stake and Consensus, or you don't understand decentralization, which are both fundamental prerequisites to this discussion. The time constraints defense is literally in the paper, and the checkpoints solution you've proposed is just proof of authority by a different name. If you choose to feel insulted by someone saying you're wrong, that's your prerogative.