▲ 1298 ▼ Please Stop (jlai.lu) submitted 2 years ago by ElCanut@jlai.lu to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 412 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) they are objectively, mathematically weaker. Joining ethereum now implies trusting a complete stranger to get you up to speed. It is objectively subjective. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) i wasn’t talking about ethereum, and i don’t think anyone was saying they don’t have TRADE OFFS. in the world of consensus protocols, there are many different trade offs that build a network that suits your needs however the consensus protocol has little to do with how mathematically secure a network is: the security of the consensus protocol comes down to a lot of complex things it also has nothing to do with how you bootstrap a node these things are all different, albeit interconnected things permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago* the consensus algorithm is the only thing that contributes to the network's security. That, and because it's trying to solve an impossible problem, it also needs the psychological element exploiting humans' greed (and therefore want to hoard currency). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) i wasn’t talking about ethereum, and i don’t think anyone was saying they don’t have TRADE OFFS. in the world of consensus protocols, there are many different trade offs that build a network that suits your needs however the consensus protocol has little to do with how mathematically secure a network is: the security of the consensus protocol comes down to a lot of complex things it also has nothing to do with how you bootstrap a node these things are all different, albeit interconnected things permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago* the consensus algorithm is the only thing that contributes to the network's security. That, and because it's trying to solve an impossible problem, it also needs the psychological element exploiting humans' greed (and therefore want to hoard currency). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago* the consensus algorithm is the only thing that contributes to the network's security. That, and because it's trying to solve an impossible problem, it also needs the psychological element exploiting humans' greed (and therefore want to hoard currency). permalink fedilink source parent
