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Re:Blackballed by PayPal, Sci-Hub switches to Bitcoin by treebornfrog on Friday June 26, 2020 @03:09AM (#23649514)
Early Ethereum buyer checking in.

Although, most of my holdings are now BTC & XMR.

XMR or Monero, is the best cryptocurrency IMO.

Ledger is totally opaque. Actually works like cash.

Re:Blackballed by PayPal, Sci-Hub switches to Bitcoin by abnercoimbre on Friday June 26, 2020 @03:39AM (#23649668)
> Early Ethereum buyer checking in.

Hopeful about ETH tokens rising in value soon? ETH 2.0 is coming later this year, which may shake things up one way or another.

Re:Blackballed by PayPal, Sci-Hub switches to Bitcoin by treebornfrog on Saturday June 27, 2020 @05:30PM (#23664840)
I don't know, I'm a little worried about 2.0 as they've delayed it for so long.
Re:Blackballed by PayPal, Sci-Hub switches to Bitcoin by kylegordon on Friday June 26, 2020 @07:21AM (#23650758)
Ledger is totally opaque? Maybe I'm confused, but opaque means not transparent. Surely you'd want the opposite?
Re:Blackballed by PayPal, Sci-Hub switches to Bitcoin by RandomBacon on Friday June 26, 2020 @09:44AM (#23651874)
Transparent means people can tell how much money you have, how long you've had it, where you got it from, and where you send it. An opaque chain means outside observers can't really do that. If people have the private key, of course they can, or if they have view keys they can. The the chain is verifiable even while being opaque thanks to the beauty of mathematics.
Re:Blackballed by PayPal, Sci-Hub switches to Bitcoin by Fjolsvith on Friday June 26, 2020 @08:38AM (#23651285)
What ledger is used for tracking cash?