TruSet Easter Egg Report
Do TruSet validators check the data or guess?
The TruSet Token Data Beta has been live for two weeks and we have completed Competition 1 of the Beta. See the results of Competition 1 activity, and why it matters to the crypto markets.
Competition 2 is now live! We are doing a mini competition for the holidays. The prize pool for Competition 2 is 10 ETH. Competition 2 runs from Thursday Dec 20, 2018 until Thursday Jan 3, 2019. Want to join in?
As part of our Beta test, TruSet wanted to see whether validators would pay attention to the details of data proposals, or just guess at the likely responses of their peers.
As one test of this behavior, we put five deliberate mistakes into our seeded data proposals. These easter eggs were obviously false data, but buried at various depths in fields within otherwise sincere proposals. We hoped that validators would be paying close attention, spot the mistakes, and co-ordinate on rejecting them. So, how did our community do?
We’re pleased to announce that the community validated perfectly! Not only were all five easter eggs found and overwhelmingly rejected, in four cases validators used the Comments feature to point out the mistake, and in all five cases correct data was proposed and accepted to replace the incorrect TruSet proposals.
Here are the details…
The age-old question, is DOGE a scam?
Easter Egg: In the Dogecoin (DOGE) description, we pointed to a rather dodgy Ethereum contract.
Validators immediately spotted the error and piled on to reject the proposal 0–7.
And then someone kindly set us all straight.
The Khaleesi of Gnosis (GNO)
Easter Egg: In the Gnosis (GNO) project details, we listed Daenerys Targaryen as a member of the project team.
We got one comment, and validators co-ordinated 0–5 to reject.
An alternative good record was proposed, and accepted 5–0
Weeve (WEEV) gets Rick-rolled
Easter Egg: We added an entertaining YouTube account to the Weeve (WEEV) project details.
We got two comments, and validators voted 1–4 to reject.
Not only were two alternative records proposed, the one that was ultimately accepted was much richer than the initial TruSet record.
First crypto on the New York Stock Exchange
Easter Egg: Buried in the Stellar (XML) listings was an interesting announcement.
Validators voted 0–5 to reject the good news, but clearly remain bullish on the future of crypto.
They also let us know a good range of exchanges were we can buy Stellar (XLM).
The Tezos Foundation is diversifying
Easter Egg: In the Tezos (XTZ) legal entities list, we linked the Foundation to a new line of business.
Although no-one had anything to say about Tezos’ newfound appreciation for the outdoors (not funny enough, maybe?), the community did reject it 1–4, and propose and accept an accurate replacement.