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Expand Up @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ There comes a time when there is enough disagreement among community members
and stakers about key concerns regarding the business of their chain, such as
its vision, mission, tokenomics, architecture, implementation, or philosophy;
that it makes the most sense to support an alternative fork running alongside
the original so as to be prepared against all contingencies.
the original to be prepared against all contingencies.

Recent times have seen the Cosmos community grappling with significant
challenges stemming from differences about core tokenomics, about the very
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These and prior disagreements have now made clear the need for an alternative
hub with a renewed focus and Alignment to serve as the canonical minimal
IBC/ICS token hub with respect to Cosmos to champion the ideals of sovereignty,
IBC/ICS token hub for Cosmos to champion the ideals of sovereignty,
security, and decentralization everywhere; and secondarily to serve as the main
base for a political party and more-intelligent voting bloc with respect to
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Gaia to save Gaia from itself. A modification to the distribution of $ATONE
through slashing those who voted in favor of #848 would help ensure that the
Gaia to save Gaia from itself. A modification to the distribution of $ATONE,
a through slashing of those who voted in favor of #848 would help ensure that the
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did you mean "through a slashing of"? or "such as through a slashing of"?
i still think the previous version makes more sense.
the slashing isn't necessarily singular,
and I think it's better without the comma. if there is a comma there should be a pair.

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Yes, I meant "through a slashing of".
We can also use a comma after a shorter phrase when we want to emphasize it or add a pause for literary effect.

resultant distribution is more intelligent about security and would make us
anti-fragile against even the most powerful of adversaries.

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# Vision and Missions

The vision behind this AtomOne fork is to be an alternative minimal fork of
Gaia ("cosmoshub4") running alongside Gaia to prepare for all contingencies,
Gaia ("cosmoshub4") running alongside Gaia to prepare for all contingencies
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and also to operate as a political party base in relation to Gaia. We strive to
complement the broader Cosmos ecosystem while introducing innovative solutions
and perspectives. Our goals are not just to resolve current challenges but are
and perspectives. Our goals are not just to resolve current challenges but
also to set a new precedent for adaptive and responsive self-organization in
the multichain multitoken universe that we call the Cosmos.

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ AtomOne re-commits to the original vision and primary mission of Gaia to serve
as a minimal IBC/ICS hub secured by a staking token that targets 2/3 of the
stake to be bonded. We believe that minimizing the risk profile is necessary as
an existential issue for the hub, and an issue of financial security of the
highest order for not just the hub but its hosted shards and IBC connected
network allowing AtomOne to occupy a real and an important niche. When there
the highest order for not just the hub but its hosted shards and IBC connected
network allowing AtomOne to occupy a real and important niche. When there
is a double-spend attack on the hub, the staking tokens of those responsible
for the attack should be used to compensate the victims as much as reasonable,
and the non-zero remainder of the penalty burned. A staking token of an
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IBC/ICS hubs should in general remain conservative in its function and offer
utility through dependability and scaling. Any experiments that change the
nature of the hub belong in new forks or splits, and an ideal hub enables them
despite of and in order to celebrate these differences. In the Cosmos there is
despite and in order to celebrate these differences. In the Cosmos, there is
no need for contention as with land-locked states because there is no
limitation of finite land. We can create new forks/splits/groups that are
better aligned with what we need if there is enough need or support for it.
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## Significance as a Political Base

There are many of stakers and users of Gaia that are aligned with the
values, principles, original mission of Gaia and those of AtomOne, but we have
values, principles, and original mission of Gaia and those of AtomOne, but we have
no explicit base of operations. In contrast, the informal opposition majority
party (which came about first) is well organized in comparison, usually behind
closed doors. Meanwhile "liquid staking" providers are providing a service that
does more than liquid staking, but have their own governance and powers and
does more than liquid staking, but has their own governance and powers and
thus act as a kind of political base. For example, which validators to stake to
is determined through governance in Informal/Stride.

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