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   "text": "Under the 2018 validation pool design, the cost of corrupting the system to reach fifty one percent control is at minimum twice the total reputation value of the system.",
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   "text": "The two times corruption cost bound of the 2018 framework is conditional, not general: subsequent analysis shows it holds only under specific conditions that may not obtain in practice.",
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