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Are there any non-Proof-of-Work blockchains in real use? (don't say ETH)
by ForHackernews 6y ago
Are there any non-Proof-of-Work blockchains in real use? (don't say ETH)
- capnorange 6y agoSolana. It powers Audius which has ~300,000 monthly users.
- joosters 6y agoSolana is centralized - it recently completely froze because a single server was giving faulty data. This weakness has been known about for a long time, e.g. https://twitter.com/el33th4xor/status/1313425180635660288 https://twitter.com/el33th4xor/status/1313425180635660288
- capnorange 6y agoThe issue was an implementation bug afaict and from official responses. Solana is clearly BFT, unlike what Emin claims. To be fair, I don't expect Solana to be as centralised as other chains only for the reason that you need a gaming rig to run a consensus node. Solana is not centralised for the reasons you mention.
- nathias 6y agoAny PoS crypto? There are thousands.
- bccdee 6y agoAlgorand is the only functioning proof-of-stake blockchain that I'm aware of at the moment, and it seems like it hasn't really seen much success.