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How Much Performance Can You Gain for What Trade Offs in the Trust Model?

We don't have a really good common understanding of what you're really sacrificing in the trust model by going from proof of work to proof of stake. It has not even clear, i guess, that the sacrifice in one direction or the other. And we certainly don't know what the theoretical limits are on like d you have to sacrifice a little bit. Do you have to weaken the security model a little bit to get good performance? We dont ow o the fundamental limit. Jos more f the cryptiographers, deferr to him. But jeby, great to comment oni bit with your knowledge proof systems having been around for several decades. I wonder if similarly, somehow, black chains

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