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Freestyler_3 on Oct 5, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated

Which aspect of security do you mean?

danuker on Oct 5, 2021 [–]

If a new node comes to the network, how does it know whether the nodes it sees are showing it the real history, instead of being a malicious group MITM-ing?

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