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Re:Blockchains are the new Linux, not the new Internet by paulrd on Sunday May 28, 2017 @08:26PM (#14436737)
Yes, but block chains are also integral to proof-of-stake or general byzantine fault-tolerant consensus algorithms. Do you mind me asking: Do you have a lot invested in Bitcoin?
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Re:Blockchains are the new Linux, not the new Internet by TD-Linux on Sunday May 28, 2017 @11:57PM (#14437329)
I don't know of any working non-proof-of-work cryptocurrencies ("byzantine fault-tolerant" sounds like a federated or centralized system to me, hardly a cryptocurrency IMO).
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