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Re:A faster, more efficient cryptocurrency by trophycase on Monday February 18, 2019 @02:03PM (#19193253)
If you're saying "Bitcoin doesn't work in any meaningful sense" you simply just haven't used Bitcoin. It works absolutely fine, even great most of the time, and accomplishes what I personally see as its purpose.
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Re:A faster, more efficient cryptocurrency by driverdan on Monday February 18, 2019 @05:03PM (#19194896)
In what way?

* Mining has become highly centralized, the opposite of its original intent.

* Transaction fees are too high to justify its use in every day transactions and small transfers.

* Very few merchants accept it for every day transactions, and the number has decreased over time.

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Re:A faster, more efficient cryptocurrency by kadendogthing on Monday February 18, 2019 @02:23PM (#19193445)
Yep. Perfectly fine as tech beanie babies.
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Re:A faster, more efficient cryptocurrency by sametmax on Monday February 18, 2019 @02:43PM (#19193675)
As a POC of an alternative medium of paiement.

As an idea, a hope, the starting point for iterating on the future of money.

As a way to make the society think and debate.

And as all that, I think it had been successful.

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Re:A faster, more efficient cryptocurrency by kadendogthing on Monday February 18, 2019 @03:09PM (#19193922)
What exactly are your measures for success?
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