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A comment on Bitcoin's Academic Pedigree. Parent comment

Re:Bitcoin's Academic Pedigree by baddox on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @04:38PM (#15135795)
If that counts as "not a new idea, but just a new combination of existing ideas" then it's hard for me to think of anything that does count as a "new idea."
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Re:Bitcoin's Academic Pedigree by bhouston on Thursday August 31, 2017 @08:09AM (#15139705)
This. True originality doesn't exist if you want to be reductionist. This is a game people use to minimize contributions of others.
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