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0 pointssemi-extrinsic9y ago0 comments

So you're saying blockchains prevent this because proof-of-work? I.e. that you literally can't run a Sybil attack, because the only way to impersonate N miners is to actually run N miners?

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wmf9y ago

Yes. (Modulo arguments about the definition of "blockchain".)

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0 pointssemi-extrinsic9y ago0 comments

So you're saying blockchains prevent this because proof-of-work? I.e. that you literally can't run a Sybil attack, because the only way to impersonate N miners is to actually run N miners?

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wmf9y ago

Yes. (Modulo arguments about the definition of "blockchain".)

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