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dirvine

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    Comment #23057432

    Each section has Elders, these are 7 oldest (most trusted nodes). The have a DB of which Adults (up to 120 of these per section) hold the data. On any Fetch, the Eder can confirm t…

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    Comment #23054689

    If people were harassing folk saying we paid them, then that was just false (harassment or not, we don't pay for coin promotions, in fact we don't pay for any promotions). I wish f…

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    Comment #23054091

    Hope I can help. 1. Not 100% sure what you mean here. Our data goes via our self_encyption process. That chunks the data and stores it as immutable where the name == sha3 of conten…

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    Comment #23053338

    (project dev here) There are several levels of consensus. Parsec is a strict order (CP) algorithm. There are also AP ( strongly eventually consistent) algorithms in play here. Thes…

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    Comment #17155265

    Rewarded POW has been an incredible defense against attack, including Sybil in bitcoin and POW derivatives. It has drawbacks though and therefore we now see a lot of research into …