Re:Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency Gets Big Backers
by tuesdayrain on Friday June 14, 2019 @07:30AM
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If it's a currency and is implemented using cryptographic concepts, I feel comfortable calling it a cryptocurrency. "Decentralization" is a spectrum and a highly subjective one, so I don't think it should be a requirement.
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Re:Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency Gets Big Backers
by xtracto on Friday June 14, 2019 @08:18AM
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Indeed nowadays a lot of people relate the word 'crypto' with Blockchain related concepts, but being crypto only entails using some cryptographic concepts.
Cryptocommunication might be nothing but HTTPS/TLS. Cryptocurrency could very well be something similar, without involving Blockchain technology.