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Re:Crypto Market Crash Leaving Bankrupt Startups in Its Wake by simonsaidit on Sunday December 09, 2018 @11:33AM (#18641661)
No thats not what happend. Nothing ever went down but if you wanted a tx to go through fast you had to pay more.
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Re:Crypto Market Crash Leaving Bankrupt Startups in Its Wake by robterrell on Sunday December 09, 2018 @12:50PM (#18642160)
I was thinking of this story: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42237162 (Which, I understand, is for a general audience and might not be very accurate.)

I recall the founder of CryptoKitties saying that the transaction cost was significantly higher than the kitty cost. Isn't that a failure state for the network?

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Re:Crypto Market Crash Leaving Bankrupt Startups in Its Wake by chii on Sunday December 09, 2018 @05:53PM (#18643840)
> Isn't that a failure state for the network?

it depends on what you define as a failure state. Technically, the network is still working - but business-case wise, it failed.

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