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Re:Signal adds a payments feature with a privacy-focused cry... by bigiain on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @06:59PM (#26718428)
> Bitcoin had no pre-mine

/me glances at the great big pile of Satoshi coins...

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Re:Signal adds a payments feature with a privacy-focused cry... by gruez on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @07:19PM (#26718571)
large stash =/= premine
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Re:Signal adds a payments feature with a privacy-focused cry... by neolog on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @08:03PM (#26718904)
What's the difference in practice?
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Re:Signal adds a payments feature with a privacy-focused cry... by gruez on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @08:13PM (#26718982)
That moves the goalposts from "did satoshi premine?" a question with a well-defined criteria, to something more vague like "is bitcoin fairly distributed?", which opens a can of worms regarding what "fair" means.
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