Re:Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra
by adrianmonk on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @11:30AM
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I think your point would be better made by not focusing on the terminology.
The way I would define the term "cryptocurrency", Libra Coin would qualify since it uses a blockchain and cryptography. And transactions must be validated by multiple different parties (validators).
Your objection seems to be related to something like openness, i.e. who is allowed to become a validator. In other words, within cryptocurrencies, there are two categories. They could be called, say, open and invite-only.
Libra is invite-only, which you don't think is a good setup. That's the real objection, not that it isn't distributed and not that it isn't a cryptocurrency.
The way I would define the term "cryptocurrency", Libra Coin would qualify since it uses a blockchain and cryptography. And transactions must be validated by multiple different parties (validators).
Your objection seems to be related to something like openness, i.e. who is allowed to become a validator. In other words, within cryptocurrencies, there are two categories. They could be called, say, open and invite-only.
Libra is invite-only, which you don't think is a good setup. That's the real objection, not that it isn't distributed and not that it isn't a cryptocurrency.