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Re:Blockchain Is Dangerous Nonsense by phase5 on Thursday April 28, 2022 @05:18AM (#31190333)
The author doesn't understand the value of distributed censorship resistant consensus that's secured by energy.

Also the author fails to consider the situation of 80% of humanity who live in countries that experience hyperinflation frequently. https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/check-your-financial-pri...

Re:Blockchain Is Dangerous Nonsense by Ragnarokk on Thursday April 28, 2022 @05:52AM (#31190608)
I don't think Bitcoin is a global solution for hyperinflation. It just makes it worse. If the value of your money doesn't fluctuate with your, net exports, you'd better have a very cheap industrial apparel.
Re:Blockchain Is Dangerous Nonsense by whitepaint on Thursday April 28, 2022 @06:52AM (#31190996)
You can send dollars and euros on Ethereum as well.
Re:Blockchain Is Dangerous Nonsense by hapiri on Thursday April 28, 2022 @05:27AM (#31190407)
Proof of Work is only as good as the assumption that CPU power and energy are guaranteed to be equally distributed, also everyone must have equal access on the network. Which we've seen is not the case.
Re:Blockchain Is Dangerous Nonsense by sprash on Thursday April 28, 2022 @05:32AM (#31190448)
No, Proof of Work does not need to be equally distributed. Even if just one entity does all the work it is incentivized that its blocks are accepted by the community otherwise all the work was for nothing and the miner makes a loss.
Re:Blockchain Is Dangerous Nonsense by RandomLensman on Thursday April 28, 2022 @05:52AM (#31190605)
People need to fix their societies and address the root causes of hyperinflation, not tinker around the edges with blockchain etc.