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Re:Tech experts urge Washington to resist crypto industry’s ... by politician on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @08:26AM (#31580828)
Bitcoin is a managed monetary system whose policy lever is hash rate.
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Re:Tech experts urge Washington to resist crypto industry’s ... by jcbrand on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @08:38AM (#31580938)
The hash rate doesn't change the rate of currency issuance, at most what it can do is change the rate at which transactions are verified.
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Re:Tech experts urge Washington to resist crypto industry’s ... by vzcx on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @04:45PM (#31587843)
It can't even do that for long, as the difficulty adjusts downward to compensate.
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