Paper proposes splitting Bitcoin block rewards to curb fee-era forks
Analysis and simulation suggest an alpha split can suppress aggressive undercutting with less honest hash power than winner-take-all rewards.
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Security Limits of Mining Before Validation in Nakamoto Consensus
Paper quantifies how validation latency in Nakamoto consensus enables attacks that lure honest mining onto invalid branches.