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Re:Taproot, Bitcoin’s long-anticipated upgrade, has activated by Tepix on Monday November 15, 2021 @05:51PM (#29233994)
Bitcoins biggest innovation is moving transactions off of bitcoin. That tells you all about it's capabilities really. Why bother with this outdated tech when there are vastly more capable coins out there?
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Re:Taproot, Bitcoin’s long-anticipated upgrade, has activated by __MatrixMan__ on Monday November 15, 2021 @06:52PM (#29234626)
Because there are still more people to dupe into buying ASIC miners, as well as many more who haven't broken even yet. Can't you see what's at stake?!
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Re:Taproot, Bitcoin’s long-anticipated upgrade, has activated by Tepix on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @01:37AM (#29237573)
Oh i thought the main motivation was to get more people to buy the coin to raise its price.
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Re:Taproot, Bitcoin’s long-anticipated upgrade, has activated by __MatrixMan__ on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @10:26AM (#29241565)
Oh it is, but Bitcoin could be as nimble as its competition if it didn't have the sha256-must-stay-relevant-or-miners-will-riot constraint.
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