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jcoffland
on Sept 2, 2016
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Maybe Blockchain Really Does Have Magical Powers
If a private blockchain forks how do you decide which one was the cheaters branch and which one legit?
wmf
on Sept 2, 2016
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The legit branch is signed/vouched by at least (N/2)+1 parties and the cheating branch has less than (N/2)-1.
jcoffland
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So groups of banks get to vote on what is true or not. How could that ever fail. /s
petra
on Sept 2, 2016
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If that is viewed as a failure-mode before deployment, they can add servers at neutral bodies like courts, etc.
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