May 3rd, 2018 @dantheman posted a Github Issue titled - Fix DPOS Loss of Consensus due to conflicting Last Irreversible Block #2718. This issue went on to describe an improvement to DPOS algorithm to ensure a network of nodes do not fall out of consensus. Vitalik shoots back a response 13 days later, see the summary of the discussion below:
Dan's post:
Vitalik Buterin fires back May 16th:
Dan's response:
The debate continues, follow it here