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sjeohp
11y ago
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The two chains will fall out of sync before they're finished. Chance of all 12 proofs being completed at exactly the same time and broadcast to groups of identical computing power every step of the way is very small.
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elpachuco
11y ago
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Murphy's law: "If it can happen, it will happen"
skj
11y ago
Some probabilities approach zero faster than the universe can approach heat death.
blake8086
11y ago
What if it involves hash collisions?
tomp
11y ago
No SHA2 hash collisions have ever been found.
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