If certain users are spamming the network, milking the reward system through meaningless self voting, and actively spreading propoganda on a blockchain network, wouldnt it be considered an attack?
No. When talking about attacks on blockchains it's generally about the consensus mechanism, not some content/reward disagreements on this particular one. Even transaction spam is not an attack, as there's systems built in to mitigate those (fees/RC).
One entity taking over the block production on the other hand...
But you don't even get how one person running all production nodes is different from a diverse group doing so, so you probably won't follow my reasoning anyway.
And your "clear rules" cover about 80-90% of all active accounts. >10k people voted on the top community witnesses, they are all covered by the criteria. They froze 8.
Im probably not going to persuade you over my post, i disagree that spamming is not an attack on the network. If i recall correctly, there have been ddos attacks that made the network unstable following the separation of the two chains as well.
Whats your point about 8 accounts? Are you saying they should have froze more accounts according to the definition?
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DDoS attacks are different from spamming, and don't go against a network but against single nodes. I'm sorry that this is highly technical, and not even your current witnesses understand the clear definitions. But mixing up all these terms and acting based on your conclusions, makes you look really bad in the eyes of everyone who understands the technology. I'm not trying to convince you, I'm only explaining.
And yes, they should have frozen a lot more by their criteria. The selection is completely arbitrary.
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Im by no means a tech so the specific distinctions escape me. Your opinion is certainly an interesting one. Thanks for sharing.
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That's the main reason some people are still on steem and arguing the way you do - they don't really understand the tech.
As it is right now, there is no difference between a database like facebook is using, and the steem blockchain. That's why all the tech people went and forked hive. Those who don't mind this because they don't really see a difference can of course keep telling everyone else how wrong they are and stay here, but I'm happy for everyone who could make up their opinion due to education. You don't have to be stuck with a failing project.
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You made your contributions to this place and i am sad to see you guys leave and at the same time respect your decisions. I however disagree with the way you guys are "milking the cow" on the way out. You are certainly entitled to it but i disagree with it.
I also am upbeat about the future of this place. You will likely disagree but thats just my opinion. Justin wont be around forever and if thats true it probably means this place has succeeded and he has exited. It will be an interesting social experiment to see the fate of the two platforms. Sort of like a parallel universe if you will. Only time will tell who was right. Good luck.
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