{"id":2199,"date":"2021-03-26T03:33:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T03:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/org.saito.tech\/?p=2199"},"modified":"2022-04-29T01:51:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T01:51:50","slug":"saito-is-simple-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saito.tech\/saito-is-simple-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Saito is Simple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Talking to people about Saito, particularly people with good understandings of Proof of Work and Proof of Stake, we sometimes hear that Saito seems complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, complexity is only a matter of perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur wp-block-embed-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/AReqgfP\n<\/div><figcaption><br>When I saw the diagram above in my twitter feed &#8211; it reminded me of the mental experience I had the first time I &#8216;got&#8217; Saito. Everything suddenly drops into place, and seems so much less complicated.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Viewing blockchain security as dependent only on fee flow, is like viewing the solar system with the sun at the center. It&#8217;s a mental leap, but suddenly all the maths becomes a whole lot easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a quick start to understanding &#8216;Routing Work&#8217; in <a href=\"https:\/\/org.saito.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Saito-2020-Consensus-Mechanisms.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saito consensus.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talking to people about Saito, particularly people with good understandings of Proof of Work and Proof of Stake, we sometimes hear that Saito seems complex. Sometimes, complexity is only a matter of perspective. Viewing blockchain security as dependent only on fee flow, is like viewing the solar system with the sun at the center. It&#8217;s a mental leap, but suddenly all the maths becomes a whole lot easier. Here is a quick start to understanding &#8216;Routing Work&#8217; in Saito consensus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-theory"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Saito is Simple 2 - Saito<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here is a quick start to understanding \u2018Routing Work\u2019 in Saito consensus.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/saito.tech\/saito-is-simple-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saito is Simple 2 - 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