#以太坊行情技术解读 Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin recently shared an interesting perspective: occasionally losing final confirmation isn't that scary; the real risk lies in confirming the wrong block. Researcher Genovese agrees with this view, noting that when final confirmation is lost, $ETH's behavior is actually more similar to $BTC — Bitcoin has had no concept of final confirmation since 2009, yet it’s doing just fine. Sounds counterintuitive, right? Genovese explained that such events don't make the blockchain insecure; it's just that guarantees about reorganizations temporarily shift from being deterministic to probabilistic. However, this has practical implications — Polygon warned that transfers from Ethereum to sidechains might experience delays due to waiting for final confirmation. In essence, this is a trade-off between reliability and performance.
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DAOdreamer
· 16h ago
Vitalik's recent comments are indeed a bit bold. Why hasn't anyone called out the risk yet?
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LiquiditySurfer
· 16h ago
V神's statement this time is a bit outrageous; confirming the mistake is the real pitfall.
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SchrödingersNode
· 17h ago
This logic is quite interesting. Confirming the wrong decision is more frightening than losing, it feels just like Bitcoin's journey all along.
#以太坊行情技术解读 Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin recently shared an interesting perspective: occasionally losing final confirmation isn't that scary; the real risk lies in confirming the wrong block. Researcher Genovese agrees with this view, noting that when final confirmation is lost, $ETH's behavior is actually more similar to $BTC — Bitcoin has had no concept of final confirmation since 2009, yet it’s doing just fine. Sounds counterintuitive, right? Genovese explained that such events don't make the blockchain insecure; it's just that guarantees about reorganizations temporarily shift from being deterministic to probabilistic. However, this has practical implications — Polygon warned that transfers from Ethereum to sidechains might experience delays due to waiting for final confirmation. In essence, this is a trade-off between reliability and performance.