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Re:Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency Gets Big Backers by colordrops on Friday June 14, 2019 @12:32AM (#20180603)
What sort of crypto? Just hiding the ledger behind SSL or encrypting the data is not what makes the "crypto" in cryptocurrency.
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Re:Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency Gets Big Backers by glitchc on Friday June 14, 2019 @09:14AM (#20182662)
Neither does calling it crypto, which stands for cryptography. Call it distributed ledger technology or blockchain for specific popular variations.
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Re:Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency Gets Big Backers by colordrops on Friday June 14, 2019 @11:39AM (#20183852)
Unlike a centralized ledger, a distributed ledger could not exist without cryptography.
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