If a few dishonest nodes slip into the network, can the other nodes still agree on the same ledger?
BFT-style consensus requires multiple rounds of voting communication between nodes. The more validators there are, the greater the communication overhead, so the number of validators directly participating in consensus is often capped.
Tendermint (now called CometBFT) is a Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus engine used by chains such as Cosmos Hub.
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Size your positions according to your own risk tolerance, and leave yourself plenty of room to maneuver.
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