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   by berns 12y ago

   It could be a proof-of-stake based cryptocurrency and the goverment would initially own the total supply.
2. 182.▲
   by berns 12y ago

   Judge Griesa decision shouldn't be solomonic. He decides based on a contract. His role is not to favour one part or the other.The percentage of bondholder that accepted the restructuring is irrelevant. Also, something that is not usua
3. 183.▲
   by berns 12y ago

   It's not a question of legitimacy, isn't about demand. Currency is a token. You need tokens to play the game. The difference with taxes is that you don't choose to participate. You must play, so there is always demand for tok
4. 184.▲
   by berns 12y ago

   Storm (Liquid Web) also has a bare metal product. http://www.stormondemand.com/servers/baremetal.html
5. 185.▲
   by berns 12y ago

   Joyent's marketing is not the most transparent. They haven't updated AWS prices in their pricing page since AWS lowered their prices two months ago.
6. 186.▲
   by berns 12y ago

   Fiat money has value because you need it to pay taxes. Bitcoins are only valuable as long as you can convince someone else that they are valuable.
7. 187.▲
   by berns 13y ago

   No low margins at all. Don't forget the bandwidth pricing. No low margins there at all. Digital Ocean includes up to 5 TB of free transfer. That would cost $614 per month at AWS. Not to mention dedicated server providers like OVH where
8. 188.▲
   by berns 13y ago

   It's not without problems though. It breaks the incremental find in chrome. When the URL changes, the find dialog gets closed.