I'm only on page 8 and I have just started giggling loudly to myself in a room by myself.
This is one of the most brilliant solutions to a problem that I have ever read (up until page 8 anyway!
Thing is, the solution was pretty much there already, Evan just had the genius to realise it...

No need to wait for consensus from miners in the minutes when MNs can do the same thing is seconds.
I wish I could hire people with that level of clarity of thought. The paper is well written too.
Right, enough Duffbuttlicking! Time to buy!