List of Proof of Stake Weaknesses

  • 1/3 fault tolerance
  • low barrier to forge currency
  • low barrier to reverse the chain
  • No unforgeable costliness
  • No proxy for value
  • No fallback in case monetary policy is violated
  • No fallback in case fees don’t work
  • Incentive for stakers to horde, no fair distribution of coins
  • Vulnerable to staker private key risk
  • Nothing at stake problem
  • Vulnerable to long range attacks
  • There is no division of power between node operators and stakers
  • No reliable source of randomness
  • Vulnerable to network partition
  • Vulnerable to low rate of participation in staking
  • PoS validators do not sink any capital and just earn an interest
  • No reliable fork choice rule

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Author: Donald McIntyre

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