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Re:Is Bitcoin the Future of Money? by _wdh on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @06:51AM (#7703663)
Doesn't bitcoin require you to download the whole blockchain before you can use it? What happens when new transactions are created faster than you can download them?
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Re:Is Bitcoin the Future of Money? by pfisch on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @06:59AM (#7703684)
No, this is completely wrong.
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Re:Is Bitcoin the Future of Money? by _wdh on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @11:55AM (#7705222)
Ah, ok. My bad. How does it work then?
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