kaal:claim:3931933-013

The initial Casper testnet was subject to inevitable centralization, illustrated by a small group of core developers setting validator performance numbers and other rules without broader community input.

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The initial Casper testnet was subject to inevitable forms of centralization. For example, a small group of core developers determined the testnet validator performance numbers and other rules without broader community input. Moreover, only a rather small group of developers managed
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Wulf A. Kaal, Hybrid Secure Proof of Stake (2021), Testnets as remedies to platform centralization, p. 5
https://ssrn.com/abstract=3931933 · source PDF

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Wulf A. Kaal, Hybrid Secure Proof of Stake (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3931933

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failuresupport: arguedfailure: core developer rule capturefamily: recentralization-driftdecentralizationgovernance-design

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