Cardano Pledge, Rewards, and Network Security with Kevin, Lars, and Duncan | TCE 90

We are joined by Kevin Hammond, Lars Brünjes, and Duncan Coutts to discuss everything that is known about how pledging will work for Cardano staking pools.

Check out Lars's blog about Pledge https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2020/05/12/how-pledging-encourages-a-healthy-decentralized-cardano-ecosystem/

a0 = pledge influence

Timestamps 00:00 Welcome to The Cardano Effect! 01:04 Introducing Kevin, Lars, and Duncan 03:02 What is pledge? 09:25 No Minimum or Maximum pledge 13:16 Pledge model demonstration 27:06 How does a0 prevent sybil attacks? 31:01 Running a pool vs staking 34:04 The effects of changing a0 43:59 How a0 affects returns 52:38 How do you find a0 and k? 59:17 Adjusting a0 to deter sybil attacks 1:03:19 How many staking pools should/could there be? 1:14:04 u/Outrageous_Dark - Geographical centralization 1:21:03 u/GliTch_04 - Pledge pools 1:25:17 When will we know the real stake pool parameter values? 1:28:52 Final thoughts

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