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From: Mirelo <mirelo@deugh-ausgam-valis.com>
To: "bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org"
	<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: [bitcoin-dev] Proof-of-Loss
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2017 15:12:20 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <qdwYHL1dhGGY8vUrSAtLiPoTMnJCrpgCDO44lian2_Mi_AzAicOb2EAt_T_ajN8G9jfL8bAYCWEIxA-huazbUan40dxD4vQCwT60Us_o19I=@deugh-ausgam-valis.com> (raw)
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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/

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  reply	other threads:[~2017-04-05 19:12 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 [this message]
2017-04-06  2:43   ` Erik Aronesty
2017-04-06  5:47     ` Mirelo
2018-01-04 10:54 Mirelo

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