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Re:Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra by losvedir on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @10:15AM (#20213200)
I don't get why it has to be a "cryptocurrency". I see the value in some sort of token that you buy and can then exchange without fees, but couldn't that just be a simple DB? What does it being a cryptocurrency on a blockchain get you?
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Re:Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra by 2a96eb7d685a49c on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @10:18AM (#20213243)
Multiple validators with byzantine fault tolerance.
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Re:Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra by Jeff_Brown on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @04:00PM (#20217749)
Multiple, but not necessarily very many -- the validators are an exclusive club.
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