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Re:The Ethereum merge is done by beaned on Thursday September 15, 2022 @07:10PM (#32859667)
No, but you don't have to. The point of blockchains is to allow people to opt out when they want to. If you don't want to or need to, you have that option.
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Re:The Ethereum merge is done by thfuran on Friday September 16, 2022 @12:54PM (#32868886)
The point of blockchain is to allow people to not use blockchain? I believe I have just now conceived of a more elegant way to achieve that.
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Re:The Ethereum merge is done by beaned on Friday September 16, 2022 @03:39PM (#32871011)
I could have been clearer. The point is to be able to opt out of the traditional finance system when they want to.
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Re:The Ethereum merge is done by curlftpfs on Friday September 16, 2022 @05:18PM (#32872113)
It's a point of a blockchain; it's opt-in. Much like your credit card's contract.
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