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Re:A faster, more efficient cryptocurrency by JoeAltmaier on Monday February 18, 2019 @07:47PM (#19195830)
And the other 'whole point' is, its ridiculously expensive to the planet. Its playing mind-games with the ecosystem, burning terawatt-hours to enable imaginary points to be traded without imaginary safeguards.
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Re:A faster, more efficient cryptocurrency by antidesitter on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @12:33AM (#19196843)
Why do you say “imaginary points”? Do you consider your bank account balance to be “imaginary points”?
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Re:A faster, more efficient cryptocurrency by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @09:11AM (#19198998)
Of course they are just like religion, law, right and wrong and on and on. You can tell what is real, and what is all in Sapiens' heads - ask your dog. They know what real is.
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Re:A faster, more efficient cryptocurrency by keymone on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @01:29AM (#19197061)
It costs way less than current financial system costs even normalized for market cap or transaction volume because it involves politics and military.
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Re:A faster, more efficient cryptocurrency by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @09:11AM (#19199000)
The internet depends on politics and the military too. Don't be fooled.
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Re:A faster, more efficient cryptocurrency by keymone on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @09:57AM (#19199301)
oh yeah, they have so much control, they've totally fixed the problem of torrenting, child porn and illegal markets.

don't be naive, you can't block bitcoin any more than you can block porn.

besides, internet is no longer the only information transfer medium bitcoin can work over.

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