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Re:The Bitcoin Lottery by Unseelie on Tuesday May 17, 2011 @01:50PM (#2557142)
Why on earth would you want to base votes on who has the most computing power?
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Re:The Bitcoin Lottery by scarlson on Tuesday May 17, 2011 @02:14PM (#2557253)
Assuming Hardware = Wattage Output = Voting power;

US power sources overlayed on 2008 Electoral Map. Too close to call.

http://i.imgur.com/d1Fyf.jpg

I was too lazy to fix Alaska and Hawaii.

Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1109973...

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Re:The Bitcoin Lottery by Unseelie on Tuesday May 17, 2011 @02:18PM (#2557268)
Please explain the intent of that graphic? Or, rather, what does where the electicity is have to do with voting power, aside from the congruence with cities?
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