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Re:Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra by quest88 on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @04:08PM (#20217836)
No, the white paper explicitly states that plan to phase this out.
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Re:Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra by jpmattia on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @04:19PM (#20217946)
Fine, add that to my spec sheet above:

Need to start your system with requirements about asking permissions? Not decentralized.

At some point, we need to recognize that playing games with the system so that Marketing can use the word "decentralized" does not change the meaning of the word.

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Re:Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra by baby on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @02:32AM (#20221257)
or accept the fact that there is a spectrum of decentralization. It's not binary.
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