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Re:My professional opinion as a blockchain researcher: I don... by SideburnsOfDoom on Monday February 12, 2018 @10:01AM (#16358970)
> to remove intermediaries

And the miners who do the proof of work are not intermediaries in any sense? Do you trust them?

At least in the traditional banking system you know who the middlemen are.

For reference: https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/184427-one-bitcoin-group...

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Re:My professional opinion as a blockchain researcher: I don... by patatino on Monday February 12, 2018 @10:03AM (#16358987)
It is a problem, I share Andreas Antonopoulos view on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncPyMUfNyVM

Edit: read the response wrong

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