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Re:Reddit is raising a huge round near a $3B valuation by bduerst on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @01:23PM (#19088066)
But why not mine bitcoins client-side with millions of mobile users? (/s)
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Re:Reddit is raising a huge round near a $3B valuation by jules-jules on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @01:45PM (#19088353)
If that would mean staying independent and free from economic/political interference, why not?
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Re:Reddit is raising a huge round near a $3B valuation by bduerst on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @02:51PM (#19089074)
That would require Bitcoin to be free from economic/political interference first, and given the the block size debacle and concentration of power with the Chinese miners, that's not the case.
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Re:Reddit is raising a huge round near a $3B valuation by ForHackernews on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @02:26PM (#19088799)
Because users like their batteries?

Because trying to do crypto properly in a language without integers is recipe for disaster?

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