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Re:Is Filecoin a $257 million Ponzi scheme? [pdf] by amarkov on Thursday November 30, 2017 @02:05PM (#15818524)
The argument is that Bitcoin is a decentralized, globally distributed Ponzi scheme, in the same way that it asserts itself to be a decentralized, globally distributed payment network. It seems unfair for Bitcoin proponents to go around saying "it's gotta be centralized or it's not really X".
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Re:Is Filecoin a $257 million Ponzi scheme? [pdf] by SippinLean on Thursday November 30, 2017 @02:31PM (#15818762)
Unless the most basic definition of X relies on a central actor, like a Ponzi. In which case it's not only fair, but accurate.
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