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by ericb 9y ago
I think there is. If you cloned me while I'm sleeping and I never knew about it, you could torture and kill the other "me" and I'd be none the wiser, so that definitely seems like it isn't "me" because for
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by ericb 9y ago
I need to read that...
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by ericb 9y ago
We are in a branching simulation. It is lazily loaded and immutable. For undetermined variables, copy on read causes a branch filled in with each possible result. So many-worlds, but within a simulation.
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by ericb 9y ago
He's not half-assing it, but he has Mars goals which are likely to distract him at some point. He is serious about his Mars efforts. At a certain point it makes sense for him to leave to focus on that, unless staying at Tesla also help
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by ericb 9y ago
Even then. Are you going to be bigger than Shopify on day one?
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by ericb 9y ago
While there are surely FOMO investors in any ICO, there's a really rational case for Tezos. It potentially solves the governance issues bitcoin had as well as offering provable smart contracts, which helps alleviate the constantly-hack
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by ericb 9y ago
Not the op, but any chance I could ping you for some advice on this soft commitments stage and your approach? edit: My details are also in my bio if you want to shoot me an email.
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by ericb 9y ago
The natural state of an ASIC mining arms race is that any advantage forces centralization. For example, if you have the most cost-efficient miners, you can acquire more miners with your profits. Your competitors fall behind with each iterat
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by ericb 9y ago
Brain vitrification, from their FAQ: This procedure is not yet reversible because of other damage (not caused by ice) including biochemical effects of the vitrification solution — but it eliminates ice damage and the preservation of fine st
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by ericb 9y ago
> You would need to pay a transaction fee to the bitcoin network So a micro-transaction is a 10 cent payment that can turn into a 20 dollar fee plus 10 cent payment?
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by ericb 9y ago
> doesn't require your master private key So it does require the private key to your hot-wallet to be on an always on, networked machine, right? And the hotwallet and lightning channel can only transmit, across all channels, as mu
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by ericb 9y ago
Lightning involves an always-on, networked, machine holding your private key. Your bitcoin is a bounty for 0-day exploits. Brilliant!
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by ericb 9y ago
It sounds like the payout is higher if you auction it on the darknet, so you're doing mental gymnastics to invent justifications to satisfy the voice in your head that knows that isn't the right thing to do.
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by ericb 9y ago
It seems like there's about a $150-$200 difference between the USD/USDT exchanges at the moment. Note that CEX.io has one of the highest, and they are also currently unable to allow USD withdrawls "because of high demand back
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by ericb 9y ago
snikeris, When you find that no evidence would convince the person you're arguing with, it is actually a good sign--It raises the probability that your opinion is correct! This scenario is very different than the introspection needed
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by ericb 9y ago
The "purpose" of whoever started it is irrelevant, just as it is with Bitcoin core. It can be forked. It is an offering with a different approach to scaling. Nothing you described says "scam" to me. The only reason core
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by ericb 9y ago
Litecoin is philosophically a small-block currency. The moment the blocks fill up, your money will be trapped by high transaction fees in the same way that they would be on bitcoin core. Not to mention the creator sold his entire stash. Tha
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by ericb 9y ago
The bitcoin innovations that work for a currency, but not for a store of value are moving to bitcoin cash. Colored coins, weak blocks for fast confirmations, scripting, graphene... There's a lot of dev work going on. I am 100% convinc
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by ericb 9y ago
Bitcoin, over the long haul, becomes impossible without checkpointing. Eventually an eternally growing stream of data, becomes too large to transmit and store. Raising the block size just changes the rate.
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by ericb 9y ago
There is hidden centralization of dev teams and clients in both projects. Bitcoin core could probably be sunk by covert US government or mafia-esque intervention with the dev team. Both bitcoin core and ethereum are monocultures, which make
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by ericb 9y ago
I want to play too! Here's my prediction: Ethereum and Monero continue to grow in market cap as they work and nail a niche very well. Bitcoin core starts to decline in about 3 months as volumes on Bitcoin Cash grow. Lightning doesn&#x
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by ericb 9y ago
It hasn't had an update in two years. What about when a vulnerability is discovered?
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by ericb 9y ago
Sure but 1-The current solution is worse on this dimension. 2-Since Bitcoin Cash doesn't have replace-by-fee this is impractical for any small transaction. 3-Most of the situations that need to be immediate are small--with the large on
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by ericb 9y ago
Agreed, but Bitcoin Cash intentionally has not added Replace By Fee for this reason.
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by ericb 9y ago
Interesting that a bunch of arm-chair downvoters "know" this won't work, but in practice, it does...
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by ericb 9y ago
Debit and credit-card transactions don't confirm for about 120 days , which is when chargebacks become slightly more difficult . Those chargebacks also cost the merchant not only the price, but a $15 chargeback fee.
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by ericb 9y ago
It depends on the use-case. If you look at credit card transactions, they are only "confirmed" after 120 days (when chargebacks become harder...not impossible). A 0-conf transaction will work for all scenarios where you would trus
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by ericb 9y ago
That problem isn't a result of the 10 minute blocks. A 0-confirmation transaction normally is just fine. These are available on Bitcoin Cash.
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by ericb 9y ago
Platinum doesn't rust, neither does silver.
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by ericb 9y ago
Gold's value comes from being a natural Schelling point, not it's intrinsic value. There are copies (silver, platinum) but they don't have the same value as they aren't serving as the main Schelling point. So the copies

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