Early Casper testnet participation was sustained by norms of unpaid mutual support, with participants actively sharing knowledge and supporting other validators without expectation of profit or return favors.
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Importantly, the early testnet community entailed many participants who were actively sharing their knowledge and supporting other validators without expectation of profit or return favors.
Wulf A. Kaal, Hybrid Secure Proof of Stake (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3931933
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early Casper testnet period before incentivized phases
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