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bottled_poe on May 24, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Limits to Blockchain Scalability

When the pillars of some derivative blockchain have collapsed, how will we be certain about which download is the untampered version?

ric2b on May 24, 2021 [–]

For Bitcoin the correct one is the one with the most accumulated proof of work that doesn't contain any invalid blocks.

For Ethereum 2.0 I believe it's something about asking a friend?

shawnz on May 24, 2021 | [–]

I think PoS chains typically use the chain with the most coin-days staked.

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