The consensus mechanism has nothing to do with governance in most chains. Bitcoin and Ethereum governance is both determined off-chain through social consensus, based on what node and client software the honest users of the chain choose to run.
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CaptivateIQ builds software to help empower teams with a modern engine for commission management.
It's incredible to be able to go to different websites (Zapper, Zerion, OpenSea, etc.) and simply have all my data already exist -- without needing to create an account, export/import.
web3 makes me believe in a new era of the internet that isn't full of ads, cookie consent forms, dozens of sign-in services, tracking, etc.
An anonymous version of myself and my data exists everywhere. It's really a hackers dream.
Is this practical to do at home? Or are pools the way to go for people on consumer home internet?
The penalties for being offline are equal to the rewards you would have earned. It is okay to be offline if you have minor outage for few hours or if you're moving and will be offline for a few days. You simply would need to go back online for the same amount of time to make your rewards back.
I am a solo staker. My machine churns through about 800 gb/month. I am a huge advocate for solo staking if you have the hardware and have technical ability. I work in finance not software engineering, and i was able to set a machine up with no issue.
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