Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore

Re:Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore by dgellow on Monday February 22, 2021 @07:24AM (#26223678)

Something to consider: shutting down the internet is very expensive for a government and is likely to results in social unrest and have a lot of other negative side effects.

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Re:Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore by louwrentius on Monday February 22, 2021 @07:43AM (#26223831)

For first-world countries yes, but we see second and third world countries do it all the time.

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Re:Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore by dgellow on Monday February 22, 2021 @07:49AM (#26223885)

And that damages their reputation, creates social unrest, makes it difficult to do business from there, etc. I just want to say that yes, you can shut down the internet but that's already a quite high bar if that's the only way a government can stop a system.

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Re:Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore by robjan on Monday February 22, 2021 @08:15AM (#26224118)

It seems that the people who need it the most are least likely to gain utility from it.

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