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Re:New York City Neighbors Build Cheaper Way to Connect to Web by jkilpatr on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @06:53PM (#20630475)
I explain it in some detail here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4EKbgShyLw

Essentially we use Eth because we don't really need a 'cryptocurrency' as much as we need an api for cash where very small payments (10c) are practical. For reasons that I explain in the presentation the key simplifying assumption of low fee transactions makes a simple billing scheme (pay per forward) work.

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Re:New York City Neighbors Build Cheaper Way to Connect to Web by langitbiru on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @10:24PM (#20631509)
Yes, one added value that people often miss from Ethereum is programmable money. Ethereum gives you a nice API of money.
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Re:New York City Neighbors Build Cheaper Way to Connect to Web by JohnJamesRambo on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @02:23AM (#20632375)
Oh it’s so nice to see crypto being used for this!
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