From 438d36341d20002574985d053fece61c0b00af5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Fitzgerald Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 13:16:28 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about implications on previous blocks --- book/src/block-confirmation.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/book/src/block-confirmation.md b/book/src/block-confirmation.md index a716797613..fb22ef5698 100644 --- a/book/src/block-confirmation.md +++ b/book/src/block-confirmation.md @@ -76,3 +76,9 @@ that'd be the current account value instead of the account value of the most recently finalized bank state. The bank currently doesn't offer a means to reference accounts from particular points in time. +### Voting Implications on Previous Blocks + +Does a vote on one height imply a vote on all blocks of lower heights of +that fork? If it does, we'll need a way to lookup the accounts of all +blocks that haven't yet reached supermajority. If not, the validator could +send votes to all blocks explicitly to get the block rewards.