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Proof-of-stake does not solve the Byzantine General's Problem. Therefore, it does not provide decentralized consensus. This effectively "unsolves" that which PoW solved.

This paper is not proof (https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/889.pdf), they assume away the Byzantine Generals problem.



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