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Re:IOTA Surges Past Ripple by dwaltrip on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @04:06PM (#15865011)
> There is inherent risk in all cryptos.

This type of sentence is often intellectually dangerous. It's the basic pattern for a false equivalence -- brushing the differences under the rug.

You are essentially saying that risk1 === risk2, without any justification.

The default position when comparing thing1 to thing2, in any complex domain, is that they are not exactly the same, and we should be very cautious when trying to generalize from one to the other.

Re:IOTA Surges Past Ripple by Mikejames on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @06:29PM (#15866136)
Clearly a JS Dev "===" :D
Re:IOTA Surges Past Ripple by dwaltrip on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @08:07PM (#15866710)
Hah! Nice catch. I noticed that after as well. I've certainly written a few lines of javascript in my day.
Re:IOTA Surges Past Ripple by EpicButterz on Thursday December 07, 2017 @11:35AM (#15871480)
Which is why I said that IOTA is more risky because it is a new concept. The justification is that to stand up "The Tangle", the Coordinator is necessary at this time. Nobody has been giving any other ideas than FUD.