Re:CryptoKitties sales plummet in popularity
by omarchowdhury on Sunday June 17, 2018 @10:38PM
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Why exactly does your mother need to run a full node? You imply incorrectly that to perform a Bitcoin transaction, one needs to have run a full node.
Because if you don't run a full node you need trust and if you need trust, you can simply use a credit card. This whole crypto currency thing is so stupid because nobody can answer me these very basic questions.
You really don't need to run a full node, that's just decentralization fetishism.
Decentralization is just a means to an end: permissionless p2p digital payments. You don't need to personally run a full node for that.
Re:CryptoKitties sales plummet in popularity
by omarchowdhury on Monday June 18, 2018 @12:58AM
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You could also do some basic research. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Thin_Client_Security
You missed the point about gambling. Please re-read what I said about the odds. You need to trust the service anyways to input the correct result.
Voting requires anonymity. By giving out unique votes, you jeopardized this.
Storing content elsewhere doesn't require a blockchain because it doesn't guarantee that it will still be there. Thus it's not censorship resistant.