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		DennisP on Nov 22, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitcoin Mining Now Consuming More Electricity Than... Casper does have a fork choice rule. Basically the chosen chain is the one that destroys the least amount of staker ETH.

runeks on Nov 22, 2017 [–]

So the chosen chain will never include proofs-of-staker-fraud (since these destroy staker ETH)?

DennisP on Nov 22, 2017 | [–]

It definitely will include fraud proofs. But I'm not up on it well enough to cite the exact rule.

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