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If my memory serves me well, every step of any program in Ethereum will consume some 'ether' from a predefined stash, that is, someone has paid to run the progr
by Shorel 9y ago
If my memory serves me well, every step of any program in Ethereum will consume some 'ether' from a predefined stash, that is, someone has paid to run the program. As soon as the ether runs out, the program can not and will not continue.
This hack sidesteps the halting program entirely. Now, we can not know if a program can halt with a theoretical unlimited ether, but as there's no unlimited ether, all programs will halt.
- nebabyte 9y agoCorrect. "Gas" (some amount of Eth set aside for fees) covers the cost of running the contract, so you're free to run a non halting program - the EVM will happily accept however much gas you set aside and continue chugging along. This isn't the first time PoS has been used to secure a coin, either. (With the number of altcoins out there that's not even surprising). Eth shifting to it would just represent the first major coin to use it.