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Re:Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (2008) [pdf] by warboat on Saturday December 09, 2017 @09:09AM (#15885850)
a peer in bitcoin is a mining node. a non-mining node just listens and does nothing. If anything, it adds impedance and reduces security.
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Re:Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (2008) [pdf] by statoshi on Saturday December 09, 2017 @09:11AM (#15885859)
False. For more details: https://medium.com/@lopp/securing-your-financial-sovereignty...
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Re:Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (2008) [pdf] by warboat on Saturday December 09, 2017 @04:55PM (#15888396)
Oh sure, just back your argument with reference to a page that runs the Core Propaganda. Please evaluate the whitepaper, section 5 and really understand how bitcoin functions.
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Re:Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (2008) [pdf] by Frogolocalypse on Saturday December 09, 2017 @10:55PM (#15889789)
Please learn how bitcoin works, by learning what a node does, and how nodes police and enforce consensus.
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