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Re:Buying a Tesla car in Bitcoins cancels 4 times the CO2 sa... by Hydraulix989 on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @10:02AM (#26167002)
Philosophical question: At what point do divergent chains become irreconcilably and separately valid?

Is this a property we would ever want in a should-be decentralized currency?

One way this can happen today is with intentional forks.

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Re:Buying a Tesla car in Bitcoins cancels 4 times the CO2 sa... by Jimmc414 on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @10:49AM (#26167702)
That is actually a good and very practical question.
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Re:Buying a Tesla car in Bitcoins cancels 4 times the CO2 sa... by Hydraulix989 on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @05:14PM (#26172537)
I think it reduces to the chains will always have to be reconciled because you would otherwise open yourself up to N% attacks where N is whatever threshold you decided was "safe.'
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