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PoW vs PoS

Alican Vergin
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  • Apr 13, 2021

List of resources for understanding proof-of-work and proof-of-stake consensus mechanism and their trade-offs.

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Alican Vergin

This is a very insightful post on this topic.

Nothing is Cheaper than Proof of Work
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  • By Paul Sztorc
  • Aug 4, 2015
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So-called “alternatives” to Proof-of-Work “waste” just as much “work”.
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Work is Timeless, Stake is Not
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  • By Hugo Nguyen
  • Oct 12, 2018
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Much has been written about Proof-of-Stake (PoS).
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Proof of Stake is Still Pointless
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  • By Paul Sztorc
  • Jul 7, 2017
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I go line-by-line against Vitalik’s Proof of Stake FAQ. PoS is still just as expensive as PoW (but it may have different security features).
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Proof-of-Stake, Private Keys Attacks and Unforgeable Costliness the Unsung Hero
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  • By Hugo Nguyen
  • Apr 3, 2018
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In my previous article, I discussed how PoS is less resilient than PoW in dealing with worst-case scenarios.
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Why Proof of Stake (Nov 2020)
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  • By Vitalik Buterin
  • Nov 6, 2020
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Why Proof of Stake (Nov 2020)
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Antiques, time, gold, and bit gold
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  • By Nick Szabo
  • Aug 28, 2008
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Antiques, time, gold, and bit gold
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Bit gold
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  • By Nick Szabo
  • Dec 27, 2008
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A long time ago I hit upon the idea of bit gold. The problem, in a nutshell, is that our money currently depends on trust in a third party for its value. As many inflationary and hyperinflationary episodes during the 20th century demonstrated, this is not an ideal state of affairs. Similarly, privat
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Proof of Stake FAQs
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Proof of Stake (PoS) is a category of consensus algorithms for public blockchains that depend on a validator’s economic stake in the network. In proof of work (PoW) based public blockchains (e.g. Bitcoin and the current implementation of Ethereum), the algorithm rewards participants who solve crypto
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A Proof of Stake Design Philosophy
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  • By Vitalik Buterin
  • Dec 29, 2016
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A Proof of Stake Design Philosophy
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Proof-of-Stake & the Wrong Engineering Mindset
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  • By Hugo Nguyen
  • Mar 19, 2019
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Proof-of-Stake (PoS) is all the rage these days. Ethereum Casper, Cardano Ouroboros, etc. you name it. The rising interest in PoS protocols…
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The Anatomy of Proof-of-Work
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  • By Hugo Nguyen
  • Feb 11, 2018
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Proof-of-Work (PoW) was originally invented as a measure against email spams. Only later it was adapted to be used in digital cash.
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On Stake and Consensus
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  • By Andrew Poelstra
  • Mar 22, 2015
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In 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto introduced the Bitcoin cryptocurrency[Nak09], an online currency sys- tem which allowed peer-to-peer transfer of digital tokens. To ensure a consistent view of token ownership, Nakamoto used a public ledger which can be replicated and validated by all network participants.
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Formal Barriers to Longest-Chain Proof-of-Stake Protocols
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  • By Jonah Brown-Cohen, Arvind Narayanan, Christos-Alexandros Psomas, Matt Weinberg
  • Sep 18, 2018
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Formal Barriers to Longest-Chain Proof-of-Stake Protocols
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Bitcoin Q&A: Proof-of-Work (PoW), Proof-of-Stake (PoS), Delegated Proof-of-Stake (DPoS)
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  • By Andreas Antonopoulos
  • Oct 10, 2017
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What is the difference between proof-of-work (PoW), proof-of-stake (PoS), and delegated proof-of-stake (DPoS)? 0:00 What is the difference between proof-of-work (PoW), proof-of-stake (PoS), and delegated proof-of-stake (DPoS)? 0:31 Proof-of-work 0:55 Proof-of-stake 2:09 Problems with proof-of-stake
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Bitcoin Q&A: Governments vs. Proof-of-Work or Proof-of-Stake
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  • By Andreas Antonopoulos
  • Aug 21, 2019
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If multiple governments collaborated, could they launch a 51% attack on Bitcoin? If all it takes to attack a proof-of-work (PoW) network is enough electricity, wouldn't you want the game theory of delegated proof-of-stake (DPoS), or a hybrid system? Could chainlocks prevent 51% attacks? These quest
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Why doesn't Bitcoin migrate to proof-of-stake?
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Why doesn't Bitcoin migrate to proof-of-stake?
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Proof of stake instead of proof of work
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  • Jul 11, 2011
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Proof of stake instead of proof of work (first public post on proof-of-stake)
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A failure to understand proof of work is a failure to understand #Bitcoin. A thread. 🧵👇
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  • By Gigi
  • May 13, 2021
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A failure to understand proof of work is a failure to understand #Bitcoin.

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