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Re:Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus by throwaway6734 on Sunday November 28, 2021 @09:26AM (#29369130)
>I'm going to eventually be forced into using their tokens at whatever cost when it becomes legal tender,

I'm assuming the large nation states would attack these tokens before allowing this to happen and I don't think any token ecosystem could withstand a strong nation state attack

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Re:Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus by Applejinx on Sunday November 28, 2021 @11:16AM (#29370047)
We have a test of that unfolding, with China. If bitcoin is more powerful than China's state power I'm prepared to believe it is more powerful than any nation-state. Don't know if it's going to work out quite that way though.
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