Serenity Design Rationale - HackMD

# Serenity Design Rationale See also: the 1.0 design rationale doc from 3-4 years ago https://githu

Serenity Design Rationale - HackMD # Serenity Design Rationale See also: the 1.0 design rationale doc from 3-4 years ago https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Design-Rationale [TOC] ## Principles * **Simplicity**: especially since cryptoeconomic proof of stake and quadratic sharding are inherently complex, the protocol should strive for maximum simplicity in its decisions as much as possible. This is important because it (i) minimizes development costs, (ii) reduces risk of unforeseen security issues, and (iii) allows protocol designers to more easily convince users that parameter choices are

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