Re:The Kingdom of Bhutan Has Been Quietly Mining Bitcoin for...
by kibwen on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @09:42AM
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Bitcoin is extremely centralized. Every transaction is recorded in a centralized ledger. That ledger may be distributed, but that's not the same thing as being decentralized.
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Re:The Kingdom of Bhutan Has Been Quietly Mining Bitcoin for...
by can16358p on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @04:30AM
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There's nothing preventing anyone from mining blocks, either individually or in a pool, and broadcasting newly found blocks to the network to be permanently and uncensorably added to the ledger.