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Re:Cryptography behind the top cryptocurrencies by CryptoPunk on Saturday March 20, 2021 @09:46PM (#26527487)
Not really as Ethereum is a public ledger, with copies of the full transaction history distributed across thousands of computers around the world, so any malfunctions can be easily identified and fixed.
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Re:Cryptography behind the top cryptocurrencies by postalrat on Sunday March 21, 2021 @05:48PM (#26534423)
If consensus was so easy we wouldn't need a blockchain or mining.
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Re:Cryptography behind the top cryptocurrencies by CryptoPunk on Sunday March 21, 2021 @07:55PM (#26535258)
It's because Ethereum uses a blockchain and mining that there are thousands of computers with identical copies of the transaction history.
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