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Re:Facebook Is Developing a Cryptocurrency for WhatsApp Tran... by baby on Friday December 21, 2018 @01:27PM (#18735342)
How do you want to mention cryptocurrencies without mentioning blockchain?
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Re:Facebook Is Developing a Cryptocurrency for WhatsApp Tran... by yason on Friday December 21, 2018 @03:40PM (#18736436)
There are algorithms and research of cryptographic cash that predate blockchains by decades.
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Re:Facebook Is Developing a Cryptocurrency for WhatsApp Tran... by baby on Friday December 21, 2018 @06:51PM (#18737805)
And none of them were demonstrated to work in practice.
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