Long-range attacks, in which adversaries rewrite history using old keys, are mitigated in SPoS by requiring verifiable participation of current stakeholders.
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Long-range attacks, where adversaries rewrite history using old keys, are mitigated by requiring verifiable participation of current stakeholders, a defense articulated in PoS security literature
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Wulf A. Kaal, Cryptographic Foundations and Interdisciplinary Dimensions of the Secure Proof of Stake (SPoS) Conse (2025), Security and Stability https://ssrn.com/abstract=5225296 · source PDF
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Wulf A. Kaal, Cryptographic Foundations and Interdisciplinary Dimensions of the Secure Proof of Stake (SPoS) Conse (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5225296
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