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Re:The Limits to Blockchain Scalability by idlewords on Sunday May 23, 2021 @05:02PM (#27258564)
And over the following years the automobile improved rapidly, becoming more capable, reliable, and gaining users as it went.

It didn't spend its first 13 years up on blocks while its supporters yelled at the skeptical and embezzled money from everyone else.

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Re:The Limits to Blockchain Scalability by sthnblllII on Sunday May 23, 2021 @05:36PM (#27258803)
Yea. Its closer to the first 30 years of its existence doing pretty much nothing but being sport for rich people.
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Re:The Limits to Blockchain Scalability by idlewords on Sunday May 23, 2021 @07:10PM (#27259464)
It was at least able to roll from point A to point B without consuming a small country's worth of power.
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