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Re:A quick breakdown of what SWIFT is and why it matters by Hamuko on Friday February 25, 2022 @02:56PM (#30471605)
Which is not just a number on a computer, right?
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Re:A quick breakdown of what SWIFT is and why it matters by TeeWEE on Friday February 25, 2022 @03:27PM (#30471970)
ITs a number of lots of computers that use crypto algorithms to decide what the True ledger is.. So it cant be edited like a row in a DB can. But yes. you're right.
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Re:A quick breakdown of what SWIFT is and why it matters by kayamon on Friday February 25, 2022 @09:04PM (#30474673)
That's right. Bitcoin is represented via 10-minute sequential hashed blocks. You can't forge that currency without re-doing 13 years of computing work.
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