Stellar Switches To Centralized System After Node Issue Causes Accidental Fork
Update: Stellar's Jed McCaleb has issued a statement on the issue. While he does not deny that the code has been changed since its fork from Ripple, he does maintain that the Ripple protocol could be at risk. The "TL;DR" version he posted can be found at the bottom of this article, along with the full version here. The remainder of the article, saving for the quote at the end, is in its original form. A failure in its consensus system has caused a hard fork of the Stellar network, forcing its creators to switch to a centralized system while it awaits an upgrade. In the meantime, Stellar....
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