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*Poisson. (the spelling matters here)

• elmomle 4y ago
  Thank you--in spite of my stats background, I assumed the author was conveying their distaste for proof-of-work.
• twawaaay 4y ago
  Also, it is capital letter because it is named after this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim%C3%A9on_Denis_Poisson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim%C3%A9on_Denis_Poisson Has an amazingly long list of things named after him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_things_named_after_Sim%C3%A9on_Denis_Poisson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_things_named_after_Sim...
• dboreham 4y ago
  Because: one person's fish is another person's poisson.
  • SnowHill9902 4y ago
    Well some fish are poisonous.
• deleted 4y ago
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• PretzelPirate 4y ago
  Thanks. I actually typed it multiple times and spelled it correctly while fighting autocorrect, but it won in the end.
• rizoma_dev 4y ago
  (journalist voice) One might say it is a poison. For the planet, that is