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Re:Status Traps: Learning from Web2 Social Networks by jrmg on Sunday August 14, 2022 @05:50PM (#32463291)
‘Byzantine’ is good now?
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Re:Status Traps: Learning from Web2 Social Networks by yjftsjthsd-h on Sunday August 14, 2022 @07:41PM (#32464238)
Probably not being used the way you think it is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_fault
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Re:Status Traps: Learning from Web2 Social Networks by EGreg on Sunday August 14, 2022 @06:15PM (#32463534)
Yes, Byzantine Fault Tolerance is very good.
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Re:Status Traps: Learning from Web2 Social Networks by jrmg on Monday August 15, 2022 @11:12AM (#32470712)
Ah. Quite. I not only misunderstood that, I fell into the trap you’re complaining about, read your comment too fast, and associated ‘crypto’ with ‘cryptocurrencies’.

Related, and perhaps to salvage something productive from my confusion: I think we’re well past being able to rescue the word ‘crypto’ from being synonymous with cryptocurrencies in general, and blockchains in particular, in the minds of most. For general ‘crypto’, I think it’s time to start using ‘cryptography’.

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