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Trade-offs in Blockchain Liveness vs Safety and Stake Attack Security Models
The chapter delves into the trade-offs between safety and liveness in blockchain designs, highlighting examples like Intense favoring safety over liveness. It also explores the security models for stake attacks, discussing scenarios where attackers could target multiple proof of stake networks simultaneously and the importance of over collateralization in preventing such attacks. The conversation touches on imposing costs on attackers to weaken them and the necessity of high rewards for stakers to maintain network security.