The proof-of-work versus proof-of-stake face-off does not need to be a fight to the death, a new report has suggested – and a more nuanced approach could pay off for crypto players now fretting about which side of the fence they should be on.
The claims were made in a report on PoW and PoS from the crypto exchange Kraken’s Kraken Intelligence unit, which noted that both types of blockchain consensus mechanisms come with considerable benefits and drawbacks.
PoW is now used by Bitcoin (BTC), while Ethereum (ETH) plans to switch to PoS this September.
The report’s authors noted that PoW and PoS are the crypto world’s two biggest Sybil resistance mechanisms. This means they protect blockchain networks against potential Sybil attacks like spam nodes and 51% attacks – as well as regulating the selection of block validators.
And the authors pointed out the importance of networks exhibiting Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT).
This latter concept comes from game theory, referring to the fact...
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