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Re:Winds of Change: The Case for New Digital Currency by nobody271 on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @12:59PM (#18452020)
What if the oracle stops working or gives inconsistent results?

Do you think having to rely on oracles is a major flaw in that they will become trust authorities?

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Re:Winds of Change: The Case for New Digital Currency by hanniabu on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @01:25PM (#18452315)
This is where consensus comes in. Projects like Blocknet have the ability where you can request an answer from N amount of nodes and the response will be that of the majority.
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