https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/0805.2815/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29856726urn:hackerpapers:mention:0805.2815:29856726Sat, 08 Jan 2022 21:52:36 GMT<p>The general answer is: through proof of stake. Since this is HN, you might enjoy this paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/0805.2815 originating from a project called Cardano, which has published dozens of peer reviewed papers (not only on arxiv), presented continuously at EuroCRYPT and works with great academics from “boring” fields (at least to most CS students) such as formal verification. The main gist in pos (to which Cardano showed the first viable solution that does not have extensive unbonding periods or requires centralized coordination) is that stake pool operators (similar but different to…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/0805.2815/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.gen-ph