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A plot showing average confirmation latency for Casper finality and of super-finality with different safety levelsEthereum

Super-Finality: High-Safety Confirmation for Casper

Preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.05096 Source code: https://github.com/tse-group/flexible-eth TL;DR: This post describes a new ‘ super-finality ’ confirmation rule for the Casper part of Ethereum’s consensus protocol. Super-finality promises to boost the Click here to view full article
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August 19, 2023
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Not syncing with the network

System information Geth version: 1.12.0-stable-e501b3b0 CL client & version: prysm v4.0.7 OS & Version: Linux / Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS Hardware specifications of the system: CPU: 8 cores RAM: 16 Click here to view full article
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August 19, 2023
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The Safety Attack against PoS

Description ETH consensus uses a pseudorandom number RANDAO to choose the attester and proposer roles in each epoch. However, this random number choice can cause a safety attack against Click here to view full article
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May 19, 2023
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Ethereum Devs Issue Final Report on Finality SNAFU

alfernec/Shutterstock, modified by Blockworks One week ago, the Ethereum network encountered a finality glitch that caused significant angst within the project’s developer community. The problem stemmed from two consensus Click here to view full article
cinerama
May 19, 2023

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