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Re:Easiest Path to Riches on the Web? An Initial Coin Offering by ailideex on Monday June 26, 2017 @04:37AM (#14635064)
This analogy is not accurate.
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Re:Easiest Path to Riches on the Web? An Initial Coin Offering by nathan_f77 on Monday June 26, 2017 @06:30AM (#14635628)
"gas" is actually a common term used in the Ethereum community. [1] [2]

[1] https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/3/what-is-meant...

[2] https://www.ethereum.org/token

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Re:Easiest Path to Riches on the Web? An Initial Coin Offering by DennisP on Monday June 26, 2017 @09:50AM (#14636756)
Yes but ETH and gas are not the same thing. You use ETH to buy your gas. The gas is burned up in use. ETH is paid to the miners, who can use it to pay their expenses.
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Re:Easiest Path to Riches on the Web? An Initial Coin Offering by joshschreuder on Monday June 26, 2017 @05:53AM (#14635447)
What analogy would you use?
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Re:Easiest Path to Riches on the Web? An Initial Coin Offering by DennisP on Monday June 26, 2017 @09:51AM (#14636761)
It's the money you spend at the gas station to buy your fuel. The fuel is burned, the money is not.
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