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Re:The Zcash Anonymous Cryptocurrency [video] by kneel on Sunday January 08, 2017 @06:27PM (#13352755)
First time I've heard of this practice, it's a very very large percent of the pie. Makes me wonder why they don't just mine?
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Re:The Zcash Anonymous Cryptocurrency [video] by nickik on Sunday January 08, 2017 @06:45PM (#13352844)
The alternative is premining. The went for this model because it it more transparent.
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Re:The Zcash Anonymous Cryptocurrency [video] by plasticmachine on Monday January 09, 2017 @04:01AM (#13355005)
Really? So Bitcoin and Monero only work because of their premine...?
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