More on Leader Logs

Cardano is a Proof-of-Stake blockchain that uses the Ouroboros consensus algorithm, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros_(protocol). Unlike Proof-of-Work blockchains (e.g Bitcoin) we know prior which pools will be given which slots to mine (“or rather confirm transactions”) for the network before the next epoch takes place. So why don’t pools publish this information? At first I thought delegators would love to know their potential earnings in advance so to speak, which is great!. However, there are 2 things to take under consideration. 1-> Because a pool is allocated a slot, doesn’t mean they will mint it. The pool may be offline and or too slow to process the slot and return in time the requirements to the network (or even loose it in a slot battle). and 2-> (and probably more importantly) if the known time and date a pool is set to mint a block it becomes a target for a potential timed attack. So we may look to paste this information but not include the time details in the future? 😉

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