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title: ""The purist bitcoiner will point out that by adding a governance…"
date: 2017-06-01
source: facebook
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# "The purist bitcoiner will point out that by adding a governance…

*June 1, 2017 · Facebook*

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[https://steemit.com/eos/@iang/seeking-consensus-on-consensus-dpos-or-delegated-proof-of-stake-and-the-two-generals-problem](https://steemit.com/eos/@iang/seeking-consensus-on-consensus-dpos-or-delegated-proof-of-stake-and-the-two-generals-problem){target="_blank"}
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\"The purist bitcoiner will point out that by adding a governance layer, we've broken the trustless nature of the blockchain. Not so, as trustlessness rests on fallacies:\
Fallacy that there is no governance layer in other chains. In practice there are governance layers, but they are unwritten, denied, and inconstant or abused. In essence, we are replacing ad hoc (anarchic? captured?) governance with written, constitutional, formal and transparent governance. The question is not whether this adds governance, but whether explicit governance is better than the hidden intrigue.\"\
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[https://steemit.com/eos/@iang/seeking-consensus-on-consensus-dpos-or-delegated-proof-of-stake-and-the-two-generals-problem](https://steemit.com/eos/@iang/seeking-consensus-on-consensus-dpos-or-delegated-proof-of-stake-and-the-two-generals-problem){target="_blank"}
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