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Re:Libra, 2 Weeks In by lightgreen on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @06:33AM (#20390438)
> Assuming they wanted to prevent large transactions, how will they? Is Facebook planing to be solely responsible for clearing every transaction?

Same ways banks connected to Visa deny certain transactions.

> Because the article literally says they plan "gradually transitioning to a permissionless state"

I must admit I don’t understand what permissionless means. It’s not possible to be truly permissionless if you a member of the network prints money.

> Facebook will not control the network

Other members of the network can do the same transaction moderation.

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Re:Libra, 2 Weeks In by TomMckenny on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @03:39PM (#20395735)
> It’s not possible to be truly permissionless

Exactly, it certainly appears the claims can't all be true. This is a bit disturbing from a company with a questionable track record.

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