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Re:Coinbase booked $1B in revenue last year, has told hoveri... by thefourthchime on Monday January 22, 2018 @07:40PM (#16209712)
I thought that at first blush, but they haven't figured out how to incentivize nodes or prevent spam. Pretty big issues IMO
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Re:Coinbase booked $1B in revenue last year, has told hoveri... by StavrosK on Monday January 22, 2018 @08:51PM (#16210185)
Yes, and as much as I like the currency, the perpetual "they'll do it out of the goodness of their hearts" answer to "who will run a node with no incentive" isn't very convincing.
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Re:Coinbase booked $1B in revenue last year, has told hoveri... by sethgecko on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @04:55AM (#16212247)
Isn't that exactly the same with every cryptocurrency? Why would you run a bitcoin node?
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Re:Coinbase booked $1B in revenue last year, has told hoveri... by StavrosK on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @06:00AM (#16212551)
No, it's not. A RaiBlocks node is equivalen to a Bitcoin miner. You'd run it because it makes money.
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Re:Coinbase booked $1B in revenue last year, has told hoveri... by tehlike on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @02:16AM (#16211655)
you can add fees to raiblocks, isn't it just a matter of forking it?
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