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Re:IMF Head Foresees the End of Banking and the Triumph of C... by xapata on Monday October 02, 2017 @11:51PM (#15389990)
The trick with intuition is that we need the right metaphor for it to work. The one in my mind is an inflating balloon.
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Re:IMF Head Foresees the End of Banking and the Triumph of C... by Fjolsvith on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @01:58PM (#15394493)
But doesn't the principle of being able to add more cryptocurrencies grant the balloon infinite expansion?
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Re:IMF Head Foresees the End of Banking and the Triumph of C... by xapata on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @02:49PM (#15403234)
That's more like having many balloons. Tho I don't know much about the coins other than Bitcoin. Are they all doomed to deflation?
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