Re:A from-scratch tour of Bitcoin in Python
by Permit on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @06:03PM
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> Daily reminder that cryptocurrencies are not == bitcoin
This is an interesting feature of cryptocurrencies. Someone levels a fair criticism of a particular implementation but it can be handwaved away because an entirely separate cryptocurrency solved this particular problem (nevermind that whatever replacement you’ve chosen has its own host of separate problems because those can be handwaved away the same way).
Re:A from-scratch tour of Bitcoin in Python
by noxer on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @09:45PM
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I did not hand wave anything away, maybe read the thread.
There was a wrong generalization (cryptocurrencies == bitcoin) about cryptocurrencies that is very common but not accurate at all. Fair criticism on the Ford Model T does not apply to cars.
This is an interesting feature of cryptocurrencies. Someone levels a fair criticism of a particular implementation but it can be handwaved away because an entirely separate cryptocurrency solved this particular problem (nevermind that whatever replacement you’ve chosen has its own host of separate problems because those can be handwaved away the same way).