Timeline for If there was an easy way to check for double spends, will consensus algorithms be needed?
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| May 31, 2021 at 3:15 | comment | added | Pieter Wuille | The entire reason for the existence of PoW is because it solves the consensus problem - as consensus is needed to prevent double spends. If your assumption is that you already don't need that, and thus already have a consensus system, there is indeed not much interesting to build anymore. | |
| May 29, 2021 at 23:51 | comment | added | CCS | What do you mean when you say, "not a particularly useful starting point"? | |
| May 29, 2021 at 21:33 | vote | accept | CCS | ||
| May 29, 2021 at 14:39 | history | answered | Murch♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |