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RE: Soliciting feedback on pre-emptive methods to protect Hive against a malicious court order ...

in LeoFinance2 years ago

What about the provision that no more than 4 witnesses from a given jurisdiction can be in the top 20? I think that precludes a court order from any given jurisdiction being able to compel of fork, since 4 witnesses cannot force a fork.

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This would require all witnesses to disclose their location or jurisdiction, as potentially any witness can get in the top 20 in a matter of one block (3s).

I hadn't realized this brainstorming, and appreciate the consideration.

Thanks for the suggestion.

This type of brainstorming is exactly what I was hoping to encourage.

Whereas it takes 17 out of the top 20, a coordinated governmental attack would be so improbable and, whereas government actions are very slow as @apshamilton mentioned, I think some prudent but simple countermeasures would suffice.

Also, limiting jurisdictions would require witnesses to declare their jurisdictions, which would actually aid a malicious government in identifying and targeting witnesses to attack.