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		everfree on May 21, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Proof-of-stake is inherently self-referential With slashing PoS, if stakers tried to rewrite the left 2 weeks of the chain they could have their stake taken away as a penalty for signing votes on multiple forks.

gruez on May 21, 2021 [–]

According to this other comment[1], it looks like as long as you're on the winning side you're not punished?

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27237610

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