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Re:Bitcoin study: Period of exclusivity encourages early ado... by corporateslave2 on Thursday July 13, 2017 @08:33PM (#14766544)
Oh I see. Bank/corporation owned currency is a weird concept....
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Re:Bitcoin study: Period of exclusivity encourages early ado... by omarchowdhury on Thursday July 13, 2017 @08:40PM (#14766573)
What do you mean? Obviously if they can create their own blockchain they can issue their own currency, too. It's just a book of who has how much.
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Re:Bitcoin study: Period of exclusivity encourages early ado... by campbelltown on Thursday July 13, 2017 @09:38PM (#14766788)
Blockchains only improve the efficiency of permissionless system. If you're going to create an in-house currency, it would be idiotic to use something as un-scalable as a blockchain.
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Re:Bitcoin study: Period of exclusivity encourages early ado... by omarchowdhury on Thursday July 13, 2017 @10:53PM (#14767075)
What makes Bitcoin, not an in house currency, also not idiotic in your case?
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Re:Bitcoin study: Period of exclusivity encourages early ado... by campbelltown on Friday July 14, 2017 @12:02AM (#14767365)
Permissionless ownership.
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Re:Bitcoin study: Period of exclusivity encourages early ado... by omarchowdhury on Friday July 14, 2017 @12:11AM (#14767404)
Instead here your gatekeepers are speculators and miners and early adopters.
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Re:Bitcoin study: Period of exclusivity encourages early ado... by Frogolocalypse on Friday July 14, 2017 @03:07AM (#14768108)
The 'gatekeepers' are anyone who has bitcoin.
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Re:Bitcoin study: Period of exclusivity encourages early ado... by campbelltown on Saturday July 15, 2017 @01:56PM (#14777954)
Even further, there are no gatekeepers...
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Re:Bitcoin study: Period of exclusivity encourages early ado... by c0nducktr on Friday July 14, 2017 @12:51AM (#14767555)
It sounds like something you'd find in a cyberpunk novel.
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