The Ethereum merge is done

Re:The Ethereum merge is done by bambax on Thursday September 15, 2022 @03:45AM (#32848542)

Isn't it a little unfortunate that the acronym for Proof of Stake would be PoS? Couldn't they think of something else?

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Re:The Ethereum merge is done by kwhitefoot on Thursday September 15, 2022 @03:46AM (#32848564)

You mean people might confuse it with Point of Sale? /s

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Re:The Ethereum merge is done by capableweb on Thursday September 15, 2022 @03:51AM (#32848602)

Don't be obtuse. They clearly imply people might think it means Point of Service.

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Re:The Ethereum merge is done by butterlesstoast on Thursday September 15, 2022 @05:25AM (#32849256)

I don’t think that’s an obtuse comment. I understood the article to be talking about Point of Sale the entire time because I live off the blockchain hype.

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Re:The Ethereum merge is done by Consultant32452 on Thursday September 15, 2022 @06:46AM (#32849831)

Hopefully the new algorithm is not a Piece of Shit.

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Re:The Ethereum merge is done by kwhitefoot on Saturday September 17, 2022 @03:03AM (#32875414)

I think you missed the joke. Or was it? Hmm, now I'm wondering!

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Re:The Ethereum merge is done by kortex on Thursday September 15, 2022 @09:56AM (#32852031)

I'm sure you can find a naughty word or phrase, or some other semantic collision, out of almost any 3-letter combination, in some language somewhere. Sure it's one of the more well known ones in a very common lingua franca, but we humans are smart and can context switch.

Edit: Actually not sure if you are talking about Point of Sale, Place of Service, Piece of $#!7, or something else. Case in point: context matters.

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