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Re:‘Blockchain’ is meaningless by spookthesunset on Thursday March 08, 2018 @03:50PM (#16547519)
> You are deliberately torturing the word consensus just to make a straw man argument against crypto.

It is hardly a straw man. Which Bitcoin blockchain fork is the "original" blockchain? Which one is the real Ethereum blockchain?

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Re:‘Blockchain’ is meaningless by Sargos on Thursday March 08, 2018 @04:15PM (#16547677)
The one listed as "Bitcoin" and "Ethereum" on exchanges for sale. It's pretty unambiguous.
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Re:‘Blockchain’ is meaningless by spookthesunset on Thursday March 08, 2018 @09:17PM (#16549387)
Ah, so consensus is actually just a codeword for mob rule? I'd say it is pretty ambiguous and if I thought Bitcoin Cash was the real bitcoin, I'd be pissed at the "Bitcoin" fuckers stealing the name...
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