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The initial Casper testnet group was hampered by communication shortcomings, with only around 680 validators present in the telegram group that served as the main channel for news and updates.

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Yet, the initial testnet group were hampered by communication shortcomings. For example, only around 680 of the validators were present in the telegram group.
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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: evidencedfailure: single channel communication gapfamily: collective-action-and-coordination-failureconsensus-and-securityinstitutional-designdisclosure

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