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The Merge (Part 1) - with Danny Ryan, Tim Beiko, and Hasu

Uncommon Core 2.0

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The Merge of Proof of Work and Proof of Stake

Proof of stake has better security properties, wherou can actually identify and slash individuall attack us. We want the validators to kind of strip the power from the minors m as soon as possible. And so any proof of stake chain that reference is a valid terminal total difficulty and is valid in its construction, has a higher weight. So i'm going to follow any such chain higher than any any proof of work chain. That's pretty much what happens.

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