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Paying for Integrity

Neither integrity nor the creation of trust is without costs

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This step focuses on how nodes are compensated for their contribution to the integrity of the system.

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    Nakamoto, Satoshi. Bitcoin: A peer-to-peer electronic cash system. 2008. https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf.

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Drescher, D. (2017). Paying for Integrity. In: Blockchain Basics. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2604-9_20

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