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Re:Building for the Blockchain by tptacek on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @05:11PM (#16110631)
The most coherent pitch for tokens?
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Re:Building for the Blockchain by vec on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @07:00PM (#16111358)
...is a sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek dismissal of the fundamental idea. That's about par for the course for intellectual debate around cryptocurrencies of late.

To be clear, I don't have a dog in this fight. Tokens may be the Next Big Thing, I don't know. But it'd be really nice to have a full conversation on the topic that didn't either go off the rails or devolve into a political diatribe as soon as I ask a question about intrinsic value or zero sum games.

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Re:Building for the Blockchain by tptacek on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @07:30PM (#16111546)
It's sarcastic? Tongue-in-cheek?
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Re:Building for the Blockchain by keithwhor on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @09:56PM (#16112236)
(Don't worry, I'm confused too.)
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