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Re:The Bitcoin hash rate has increased by 28.2% over the las... by EdHominem on Thursday April 21, 2016 @11:53AM (#11543076)
The ones that don't involve a small list of nodes that you are required to trust to get anything done.
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Re:The Bitcoin hash rate has increased by 28.2% over the las... by JoeAltmaier on Thursday April 21, 2016 @12:17PM (#11543270)
Exactly. Its a matter of trust (i.e. the paranoid part), and we're burning the planet's limited resources so that we feel better about that.
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Re:The Bitcoin hash rate has increased by 28.2% over the las... by EdHominem on Thursday April 21, 2016 @01:14PM (#11543722)
Do you know how many resources we "waste" making non-copyable bills, staffing the Secret Service, running payment networks, etc?
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