<chowbungaman:matrix.org> What do the devs think of Dr. K’s proposed POW improvement for Monero? Work shares. He is working on a PR.

<chowbungaman:matrix.org> x.com/douglastuman/status/196418301…05670?s=46&t=WeY1AyuT6Ir1FNBKKq_Beg

<privacyx> I read the paper about work share:- and I understood, Work shares don’t kill decentralization in Monero they can actually strengthen it. By forcing miners to reveal partial work, selfish-mining becomes unprofitable and small CPU miners get their fair share. The danger isn’t the idea, it’s the implementation: if shares ar [... too long, see mrelay.p2pool.observer/e/m67ntrIKMmxVd3BN ]

<privacyx> However, Dr. K or Quai documentation do not explicitly detail how they've addressed the traditional DoS risk, where attackers spam the network with worthless low-difficulty shares, so this issue still remains from days of fruits

<privacyx> he absence of documented DoS safeguards doesn't necessarily mean none exist I just didnt find anything