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Re:The Imminent Decentralized Computing Revolution by wmf on Monday October 13, 2014 @12:12AM (#8447455)
You have to buy hardware to mine. Arguably buying stake directly is simpler.
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Re:The Imminent Decentralized Computing Revolution by tg3 on Monday October 13, 2014 @03:50AM (#8447854)
Simpler probably, but unless you can buy stake from anyone (like you can with hardware), it lacks the same decentralized advantages.
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Re:The Imminent Decentralized Computing Revolution by wmf on Tuesday October 14, 2014 @05:47PM (#8456018)
In the Bitcoin world there are multiple exchanges and multiple ASIC vendors. Any healthy ecosystem should have multiple exchanges.
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