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Podcasts/Bitcoin Takeover Podcast/Yonatan Sompolinsky - GhostDAG is a generalization of Nakamoto consensus
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Yonatan Sompolinsky - GhostDAG is a generalization of Nakamoto consensus

December 10, 2025
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GHOSTDAG is a pure generalization of Nakamoto consensus — even in the synchronous model. DAGknight then generalizes GHOSTDAG. No security/decentralization tradeoffs. Only practical limit at extreme throughput: you prune old data. From BTCKTKVR S16 E41: https://www.youtube.com/live/GaJmYV8OHfQ?si=VJD1i7oQBePvF484