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From: Erik Aronesty <earonesty@gmail.com>
To: Mirelo <mirelo@deugh-ausgam-valis.com>,
	 Bitcoin Protocol Discussion
	<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Proof-of-Loss
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 22:43:18 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJowKgJ8NBYedU_WAAk8wyNpZaHg479a-QukdbjAGaPwdhmGkw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <qdwYHL1dhGGY8vUrSAtLiPoTMnJCrpgCDO44lian2_Mi_AzAicOb2EAt_T_ajN8G9jfL8bAYCWEIxA-huazbUan40dxD4vQCwT60Us_o19I=@deugh-ausgam-valis.com>

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Is this the same as proof of burn?

On Apr 5, 2017 5:28 PM, "Mirelo via bitcoin-dev" <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> With the feedback on Proof-of-Loss (always privately to my email), I
> realized the article was hard to understand for lacking:
>
> * A more explicit definition of transaction rights.
> * An overview of how the algorithm works.
>
> As an abstract could not contain all that, I wrote an introduction with
> examples.
>
> I also adopted a suggestion of including the current block height in the
> proof-of-loss data once I realized:
>
> * Preventing the same proof-of-loss from chaining consecutive blocks was
> not the purpose of the proof-of-loss context, which did it statistically
> rather than logically.
> * The presence of that height in the block header made serial chaining
> easier to enforce, by removing the need to include additional block height
> information.
>
> While revising the algorithm, I made some corrections, mainly to:
>
> * Transaction prioritization (which now uses fees instead of rights).
> * Inactivity fees.
>
> Finally, the new version more aptly derives the design and often has
> better wording.
>
> The new text is available at:
>
> https://proof-of-loss.money/
>
> Mirelo
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Proof-of-Loss
> Local Time: February 4, 2017 10:39 AM
> UTC Time: February 4, 2017 12:39 PM
> From: mirelo@deugh-ausgam-valis.com
> To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org <bitcoin-dev@lists.
> linuxfoundation.org>
>
> An alternative consensus algorithm to both proof-of-work and
> proof-of-stake, *proof-of-loss* addresses all their deficiencies,
> including the lack of an organic block size limit, the risks of mining
> centralization, and the "nothing at stake" problem:
>
> *https://proof-of-loss.money/ <https://proof-of-loss.money/>*
>
>
>
>
>
>
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  reply	other threads:[~2017-04-06  2:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-02-04 12:39 [bitcoin-dev] Proof-of-Loss Mirelo
2017-04-05 19:12 ` Mirelo
2017-04-06  2:43   ` Erik Aronesty [this message]
2017-04-06  5:47     ` Mirelo
2018-01-04 10:54 Mirelo

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