You'd think after nearly a decade following a project in depth every day, that there wouldn't be much left to learn but 🤦‍♂️

TIL 1: the big flaw of #blockchain and its derivatives is consensus. It was seen as essential but is its Achilles' heel because having every node in agreement comes at great cost (energy, computation, throttling, centralisation).

TL 2: you can create a #p2p robust economic system without consensus.

That's #DavidIrvine's biggest innovation in #SafeNetwork.