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Re:Facebook Is Developing a Cryptocurrency for WhatsApp Tran... by hndamien on Friday December 21, 2018 @06:12AM (#18732657)
Trust in it to maintain its value if it is a stable coin. Alternatively, trust it not to be hacked or inflated if it isn’t. (As well as trust it to maintain whatever monetary properties they advertise to give it value as money.
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Re:Facebook Is Developing a Cryptocurrency for WhatsApp Tran... by ramontayag on Saturday December 22, 2018 @08:30AM (#18740490)
I see. Thanks for clarifying!
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Re:Facebook Is Developing a Cryptocurrency for WhatsApp Tran... by Erlich_Bachman on Friday December 21, 2018 @06:42AM (#18732762)
Just to be clear, do you expect for example Bitcoin to be hacked? In what way do you envision this? Breaking SHA256?
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