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Re:Ethereum Plans to Cut Its Energy Consumption by 99 Percent by Zhyl on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @09:16PM (#18812279)
I see it less of a computing platform and more like the spinning table from the beginning of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The goal isn't to compute faster or better than others, it's for parties with competing interests to trust the computations that have taken place.
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Re:Ethereum Plans to Cut Its Energy Consumption by 99 Percent by profalseidol on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @09:56PM (#18812451)
It's a git with stored procedures that can push commits.
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Re:Ethereum Plans to Cut Its Energy Consumption by 99 Percent by rocqua on Thursday January 03, 2019 @04:04AM (#18813789)
Notably, there are rules that will block invalid commits, and tools that prevent git branches.
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Re:Ethereum Plans to Cut Its Energy Consumption by 99 Percent by jcoffland on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @11:04PM (#18812729)
It's a hammer and nails. /s
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