How will Parsec be used?

[tfa]

@oetyng

If for example parent 0 has blocks 0-99, child 1 has blocks 100-199 lets say and child 2 has same number of blocks 100-199 (distinct blocks from child 1 though of course). If network decreases in size so that child 1 and 2 merge, then parent 0 has blocks 0-299? (How is the order determined in a merge?)

@tfa

This is a great question and I don’t think it has been answered. In the merged section of this example, how are blocks 100-199 of child 1 ordered compared to those of child 2?

Now, we have the answer to this old question:

@dirvine

The network will not merge sections now. With the design of Elders and many adults per section we would need to lose nearly 90% or more of data for a merge to occur. So we don’t need to merge sections now, unless we lost all that data and that is end of network and breaks fundamentals.

(and this solution seems sensible to me)