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Re:Proof of Stake or Proof of Work, What's the Difference? by EGreg on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @02:16PM (#18394042)
Ripple and Stellar are NOT based on PoS. They use a different consensus called PoC. Have you looked at their design at all?
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Re:Proof of Stake or Proof of Work, What's the Difference? by keymone on Saturday November 10, 2018 @07:27AM (#18421066)
oh yeah, ofc, those two are just centralized pre-mine scams. that's even worse than PoS imho. the biggest question is why do people even consider them cryptocurrencies.
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