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Re:Lets talk about blockchains by acchow on Thursday April 28, 2022 @02:40PM (#31196487)
The consensus mechanism depends on the existence of the currency as a reward. It financially incentivizes mining and choosing of the "correct" fork.
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Re:Lets talk about blockchains by aforwardslash on Friday April 29, 2022 @02:03AM (#31201925)
"this specific consensus mechanism". There are plenty of them, that don't require monopoly money.
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