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Re:The blockchain paradox: Why DLTs may do little to transfo... by aaron-lebo on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @06:28PM (#14556606)
I can almost guarantee you it wouldn't be built. I think you overestimate the value of ideas without concrete implementations.

Without Satoshi actually building it, the barrier for his idea being seen as success would be to build the entire system. Much easier to just mock it and ignore it. With it being built, all someone has to do to test the system is do a little mining or send a transaction.

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Re:The blockchain paradox: Why DLTs may do little to transfo... by erikpukinskis on Thursday June 15, 2017 @02:44PM (#14563189)
Widespread mockery and ignoring is fine. It would only take one person who can code and thinks the contract makes sense for it to get implemented.

Its your assertion that no such person would have emerged between 2008 and now, if Satoshi hadn't written the reference implementation in 2009? What is your reason for believing that?

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