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by decentralised 7y ago
Some level of cryptography (hash functions and signatures), some distributed computing (consensus algorithms, P2P networking), some tech/economics (game theory, mechanism design). If you start with Ethereum, the js ecosystem around it
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by decentralised 7y ago
I've been using cadCAD lately, might be interesting for others here: https://community.cadcad.org/
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by decentralised 7y ago
Surely most startups are attempts at getting rich.
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by decentralised 8y ago
This is old news. https://www.dailydot.com/business/bitcoin-child-porn-transac... (2013) https://news.bitcoin.com/no-isnt-child-porn-bitcoin-blockcha... https://www.wired.com/story&#x2F
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BitTorrent Lessons for Crypto(medium.com)
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by decentralised 8y ago
Ethereum will have a new upgrade on the 16th of January and is well on its way towards the 2.0 vision of a PoS consensus, sharded chain and eWasm / EVM execution environment over the coming months and years. Posting stale criticism (3
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by decentralised 8y ago
I've learned a lot about social impact projects and the people that gravitate this space in recent years due to my involvement with thesunprotocol.io, trying to build infrastructure in sub-saharan Africa. Technology might not be the on
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by decentralised 8y ago
There's a misunderstanding of what decentralisation means. The difficulty bomb is in the code but the node operators (miners, etc) have to chose to upgrade their clients to work with the new fork rules. The decision of which code to ru
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by decentralised 8y ago
I believe this quote is appropriate given that some users seem to be unaware of how the kernel development process is decentralised: "Instead of a roadmap, there are technical guidelines. Instead of a central resource allocation, there
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by decentralised 8y ago
Absolutely agreed. That's one of the ways that political decentralisation in open-source manifests itself. I've made the argument elsewhere in this thread that it's the decentralised nature of open-source that makes it safe t
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by decentralised 8y ago
I agree with you so I would like it if you could please show me what criticism I made exactly. I can't find one in this thread and don't understand why you've suspected me to be malicious or my intent to be destructive.
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by decentralised 8y ago
No, but I am always trying to learn new topics and ever since I got professionally involved in blockchain I have picked up a couple of econ books but I wouldn't falsely represent myself as an econ expert. Why do you ask?
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by decentralised 8y ago
I replied to a comment about trust and decentralisation that are both topics I am very interested in, and I believe you replied to my comment. I fail to see the malice...
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by decentralised 8y ago
I've tried to explain but the comment was blocked because I was replying too quickly. Decentralisation has three dimensions: Political, Logical and Architectural. In the case of Linux, I argue that the decentralised nature of open-sour
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by decentralised 8y ago
Ok then, my argument is that decentralisation is a very ancient concept and that game theory exists because people with different world views, interests and goals have to negotiate with each other to survive. Decentralisation is the process
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by decentralised 8y ago
Yes, it's called game theory and Schelling point and I'm a big fan as you can see: https://github.com/jpantunes/awesome-cryptoeconomics#game-th...
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by decentralised 8y ago
I agree with you, its the decentralisation of open-source that keeps Linux safe.
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by decentralised 8y ago
I brought up your personal well being because trust implies that you forgo your own judgement. There's a truism that states that past performance is not an indication of future behaviour and I tend to not trust unchecked power.
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by decentralised 8y ago
>Plus, as a user, I trust Linus more than any decentralised process I can think of. Can you make a compelling argument for why that is? Is it that you believe Linus has your personal well being in mind or you are unfamiliar with decentra
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by decentralised 8y ago
I'd call my "space" AOL because I'm never around.
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by decentralised 8y ago
I think the experiment is fun but the principle is flawed imho. At best the method will find the average _utility_ value of fb for the study population. Another commenter remarks that it would be ok to pay 1k to access fb if there is a prom
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Why weed companies are embracing blockchain(rollingstone.com)
2 points by decentralised 8y ago|0 comments
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China bans import and sale of iPhones(9to5mac.com)
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Zero Knowledge cryptography starter pack(ethresear.ch)
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by decentralised 8y ago
Which blockchain are you talking about? Most have probabilistic finality within seconds and CC transactions can take weeks to clear for the merchant.
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by decentralised 8y ago
Most crypto startups create open-source software and don't sell anything neither do they follow a for-profit business model so you are looking for the wrong thing in the wrong place.
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by decentralised 8y ago
I never claimed any company looked like amazon or google, only that the bear market has affected us similarly to how the 99 crash affected the .com companies.
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by decentralised 8y ago
>The "internet" was useful from conception. It was useful but it was not understood to be useful by a large majority of people. The crypto industry has developed novel crowdsourcing (ICOs, DAICOs, etc), fungible and non-fungibl
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by decentralised 8y ago
What anecdote? I've pointed out that most of the scams didn't actually involve a blockchain or tokens, as the SEC cases against a few of them show. The question of who manages the list is important so we can tell what method was u
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by decentralised 8y ago
I'm familiar with the definition but I learned today that I was mistaken in the translation. The articles I had previously read and linked said bitcoin was legal tender but the actual legal document provides a slightly but importantly

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