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Re:Telegram plans multi-billion dollar ICO for chat cryptocu... by CPLX on Monday January 08, 2018 @09:42AM (#16096982)
It's not decentralized if one organization owns 52% of it.
Re:Telegram plans multi-billion dollar ICO for chat cryptocu... by vernon99 on Monday January 08, 2018 @10:15AM (#16097232)
Not necessarily. This is actually orthogonal to decentralization question. Very much depends on their proof of stake implementation.
Re:Telegram plans multi-billion dollar ICO for chat cryptocu... by maksimum on Monday January 08, 2018 @12:15PM (#16098173)
> Very much depends on their proof of stake implementation

Exactly, if someone with >50% power can essentially double spend it makes the currency as a whole almost worthless. As a result it's very much in the creator's interest to either not have >50% or to come up with a distributed consensus algorithm where a majority party can't double spend (very hard).

Re:Telegram plans multi-billion dollar ICO for chat cryptocu... by edraferi on Monday January 08, 2018 @11:07AM (#16097652)
I agree. It's more like they're retaining control of the money supply like a central bank does. It give you the power to indirectly influence the price / exchange rate of the currency, but you're not involved with every transaction.
Re:Telegram plans multi-billion dollar ICO for chat cryptocu... by hndamien on Monday January 08, 2018 @06:53PM (#16102126)
Except that you are with Proof of Stake.