What is Nothing-at-Stake Problem?

Nothing-at-Stake Problem

Crypto

Nothing-at-Stake Problem: The nothing-at-stake problem is that validators lose nothing by supporting every fork, which slashing was designed to solve.

Related terms

Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS)
Nominated Proof of Stake (NPoS)
Proof of Stake (PoS)
Backlog problem
Black box problem
Collision problem
Confused deputy problem
Constraint satisfaction problem (CSP)

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