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Re:My professional opinion as a blockchain researcher: I don... by ifdefdebug on Monday February 12, 2018 @10:22AM (#16359138)
But is this really true? Honest question: the recent BTC/BCH split effectively doubled the supply in one single instant. Can't this happen again and again whenever the pressure of demand grows too high?

Can't do that with gold.

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Re:My professional opinion as a blockchain researcher: I don... by rasengan on Monday February 12, 2018 @10:36AM (#16359250)
But that’s the equivalent of then going to silver or using an entirely different element isn’t it?
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Re:My professional opinion as a blockchain researcher: I don... by tome on Monday February 12, 2018 @10:41AM (#16359295)
How many such "entirely different elements" are there?
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