If governments decide that their citizen SPOs are not allowed to accept delegations from hostile governments, SPOs can use Contingent Staking to keep from having to shut down, leave the jurisdiction, or face charges.

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Con: There is no meaningful way to distinguish delegates. This would provide false security as there is no way to guarantee identity with pseudo anonymous addr1 address. We don’t have DIDs or SSI or ZK technology.

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Con: Without CS, SPO's can accurately claim the protocol doesn't permit them to deny delegations.

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Con: If a government decide to be a tyrant, the protocol should not abide

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Con: Governments would have to prove that the delegations are from "hostile governments".

Cardano Contingent Staking

If governments decide that their citizen SPOs are not allowed to accept delegations from hostile governments, SPOs can use Contingent Staking to keep from having to shut down, leave the jurisdiction, or face charges.

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Governments would have to prove that the delegations are from "hostile governments".

Without CS, SPO's can accurately claim the protocol doesn't permit them to deny delegations.

There is no meaningful way to distinguish delegates. This would provide false security as there is no way to guarantee identity with pseudo anonymous addr1 address. We don’t have DIDs or SSI or ZK technology.

If a government decide to be a tyrant, the protocol should not abide

Selected claim, supporting its parent

If governments decide that their citizen SPOs are not allowed to accept delegations from hostile governments, SPOs can use Contingent Staking to keep from having to shut down, leave the jurisdiction, or face charges.

Con claim 1, children below

Governments would have to prove that the delegations are from "hostile governments".

Con claim 2, children below

Without CS, SPO's can accurately claim the protocol doesn't permit them to deny delegations.

Con claim 3

There is no meaningful way to distinguish delegates. This would provide false security as there is no way to guarantee identity with pseudo anonymous addr1 address. We don’t have DIDs or SSI or ZK technology.

Con claim 4, children below

If a government decide to be a tyrant, the protocol should not abide