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Re:Nano is what Bitcoin hoped to be by enlyth on Saturday February 20, 2021 @11:05AM (#26205115)
Doesn't IOTA use a ternary number system for some strange reason? To me it seems like it's shitcoins all the way down
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Re:Nano is what Bitcoin hoped to be by Darmody on Saturday February 20, 2021 @11:16AM (#26205221)
No, they wanted to but in the end they've decided not to.

Why do you thinks it is a shitcoin?

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Re:Nano is what Bitcoin hoped to be by donutloop on Saturday February 20, 2021 @11:38AM (#26205429)
IOTA is centralised
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Re:Nano is what Bitcoin hoped to be by Darmody on Saturday February 20, 2021 @11:43AM (#26205487)
It is not production ready so yes, there is still a part that is centralized and it is being worked on. It is not a secret, they are very transparent about it.

You can read the white paper. https://files.iota.org/papers/20200120_Coordicide_WP.pdf

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Re:Nano is what Bitcoin hoped to be by donutloop on Saturday February 20, 2021 @12:02PM (#26205694)
Decentralization is not jet mentioned on the roadmap

https://roadmap.iota.org/

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Re:Nano is what Bitcoin hoped to be by Darmody on Saturday February 20, 2021 @12:32PM (#26206009)
It is. Read again.
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Re:Nano is what Bitcoin hoped to be by donutloop on Saturday February 20, 2021 @11:59AM (#26205665)
IOTA wants to ditch its most centralized component, but the timeline is still murky
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