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Re:Bitcoin Is Screwed by tablespoon on Thursday February 25, 2021 @03:54PM (#26268181)
> this looks like an ad for a different cryptocurrency I’ve never heard of.

I think Taler is this: https://taler.net/en/. It's a GNU project, and I don't think it's a cryptocurrency.

Recently discussed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26261314

Re:Bitcoin Is Screwed by paulgb on Thursday February 25, 2021 @03:58PM (#26268231)
Ah, my apologies to the author if they were not trying to pump their own portfolio. I guess I’m a bit jaded by this type of post.
Re:Bitcoin Is Screwed by kordlessagain on Thursday February 25, 2021 @04:17PM (#26268450)
It's a crappy article, so there's that.
Re:Bitcoin Is Screwed by rainmaking on Saturday February 27, 2021 @04:03PM (#26288152)
No it's not. It's a really good article. It's just different from the kind of stuff you usually consume.