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Re:Decentralized Blockchain-Based Electronic Marketplaces by tiuPapa on Sunday January 14, 2018 @11:42PM (#16148526)
To be honest, the cryptocurrency movement feels like an attempt to shift the power from people who control money to people who control the technology.
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Re:Decentralized Blockchain-Based Electronic Marketplaces by chrischen on Monday January 15, 2018 @12:21AM (#16148669)
In time the the “early” crypto people will just become the new rent seekers.
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Re:Decentralized Blockchain-Based Electronic Marketplaces by tiuPapa on Monday January 15, 2018 @12:31AM (#16148702)
Yep, question is will they be able to update the prevalent system while doing their rent seeking or just succumb to the same problems that plague the system now.
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