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Re:Blockchain at Berkeley by simias on Saturday June 24, 2017 @12:35PM (#14626178)
I was thinking that eventually we may discover a proof of work that would actually compute something useful instead of burning electricity away. One can hope at least.
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Re:Blockchain at Berkeley by arthurcolle on Saturday June 24, 2017 @05:55PM (#14627653)
Ethereum
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Re:Blockchain at Berkeley by xg15 on Sunday June 25, 2017 @04:11AM (#14629128)
I'm not savvy in the technology, but are the contracts actually executed as part of mining?
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