Re:Bitcoin, Ethereum, Blockchain, Tokens, ICOs: Why Should A...
by DennisP on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @05:26PM
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We have fully decentralized computation, but only when we don't need consensus. When we do need consensus on our computations, what we've always done before is run the computation on a server (or centrally-managed cluster) that everybody agrees to use.
Bitcoin gave us decentralized consensus for simple ledger updates, and Ethereum does it for more general computation and statefulness.
Bitcoin gave us decentralized consensus for simple ledger updates, and Ethereum does it for more general computation and statefulness.