* it works without needing to trust coral and coral's ability to stay operating or identify who else to trust
There are some down the line benefits as well to immutable open records. Attestation mechanisms are really elegant and in the works, they make way more sense being built on top of low-level peer distributed consensuses.
I will say though, one negative aspect of crypto is that the community being stakeholders from very early on gives us pressure to accommodate stakeholders with no interest/understanding of the tech (who might have just been sold on vibes), which makes giving the right people good first impressions difficult at times. The whitepaper is kind of outdated and abstract, the github (https://github.com/Coral-Protocol/coral-server/) gives a more direct problem solving view. I suppose it'd make sense to include the community more on the direction we want to go re: realness
Potentially the purpose is that if someone goes to the effort to get those details together, they are more likely to send the same report to other trusted individuals. Maybe it was originally there to add legitimacy, then they got a report sent in, and removed it to slow the spread of awareness
Most people, to find the affected versions, would either have to bisect or delve deep enough to find the offending commit. Either of which would reveal the attacker.
By not asking for the version, there is a good chance you just report "It's acting oddly, plz investigate".
* very quick finality
* it works without needing to trust coral and coral's ability to stay operating or identify who else to trust
There are some down the line benefits as well to immutable open records. Attestation mechanisms are really elegant and in the works, they make way more sense being built on top of low-level peer distributed consensuses.
I will say though, one negative aspect of crypto is that the community being stakeholders from very early on gives us pressure to accommodate stakeholders with no interest/understanding of the tech (who might have just been sold on vibes), which makes giving the right people good first impressions difficult at times. The whitepaper is kind of outdated and abstract, the github (https://github.com/Coral-Protocol/coral-server/) gives a more direct problem solving view. I suppose it'd make sense to include the community more on the direction we want to go re: realness