mattwilsonn888

9 ms·

61.
by mattwilsonn888 3y ago
The existence of PoA chains, which have existed for many years, does not disprove my point about the special security of blockchains - those chains lack it, they rely on trust and are fundamentally closed. The special security I refer to is
62.
Ask HN: What can convince you that a given blockchain is more than a VC scheme?
1 points by mattwilsonn888 3y ago|13 comments
63.
by mattwilsonn888 3y ago
One low quality bank? Bank gets bailed out? That's a dire sign for the fundamental value of the dollar to regular people if this is a regular practice. Bank gets bought up? Well we don't really have 5k banks anymore do we?
64.
by mattwilsonn888 3y ago
TLDR: 1. Be the guy that posts the news articles 2. Try the same post multiple times if it doesn't 'make it' 3. Timing is important - weekends are good opportunities.
65.
by mattwilsonn888 4y ago
Please stop conflating price and value. In speculative markets the price of a small cap asset can wildly outperform the price of a larger one and that fact has nothing to do with value - this is proven by the fact that most top 10 altcoins
66.
by mattwilsonn888 4y ago
The problem with any asset purporting to be money is that the final requirement for it to truly be money is belief . Bitcoin can be the best technical alternative for money, which I believe it currently is, but if people in general do no
67.
Selfish Mining Re-Examined [pdf](cs.cornell.edu)
3 points by mattwilsonn888 4y ago|1 comments
68.
by mattwilsonn888 4y ago
Selfish mining is a strategy, or exploit, miners can employ against their competitors to reduce their profitability by selectively withholding valid mined blocks rather than always publishing them immediately. Long term this can drive hones
69.
A Monetary Blockchain Is Less Secure(mukdde.substack.com)
1 points by mattwilsonn888 4y ago|0 comments
70.
by mattwilsonn888 4y ago
Top two comments here either didn't read the article, or may as well not have.
71.
by mattwilsonn888 4y ago
Decentralized doesn't capture what you want it to mean anyways. When crypto people say decentralized, they don't mean AWS edge locations or The Federal Reserve Central Bank which are both decentralized. How about we start saying e
72.
by mattwilsonn888 4y ago
Appreciate you taking the time to write this.
73.
by mattwilsonn888 4y ago
I've never been so gripped by common sense.
74.
by mattwilsonn888 4y ago
Paywalled
75.
by mattwilsonn888 4y ago
That wouldn't matter. The issuance is over and was never preventable.
76.
by mattwilsonn888 4y ago
You're just avoiding saying gold has value. Why are you avoiding saying that? Because then you have to make it clear that value is determined by people and people have deemed crypto valuable, especially Bitcoin. Your implied argument i
77.
It should be okay to just read headlines(mukdde.substack.com)
16 points by mattwilsonn888 4y ago|23 comments
78.
Uniswap upgrade inadvertently makes wallet drains easier(twitter.com)
1 points by mattwilsonn888 4y ago|0 comments
79.
by mattwilsonn888 4y ago
That's a fair point - though I do think this particular 'happening' won't be enough to get more sovereign solutions to critical mass, but maybe it's a strong step.
80.
by mattwilsonn888 4y ago
Yeah, it's called plug your mouse and keyboard into a game console - on a more serious note, a realistic idea for serious gamers who care about the sovereignty of their P.C. buy a completely corporate anti-cheat CPU that runs a separat
81.
by mattwilsonn888 4y ago
> ...entire game code for League of Legends and its tools, as well as Packman, your usermode anti-cheat. We understand the significance of these artifacts and the impact their release to the public would have on your major titles, Valora
82.
by mattwilsonn888 4y ago
This isn't part of the narrative.
83.
by mattwilsonn888 4y ago
I would be interested in reading more if you cared to elaborate or provide some link(s).
84.
by mattwilsonn888 4y ago
If federation was a worthwhile goal (in one's mind) after "the bozo took over Twitter" then it is quite obvious nothing fundamentally has changed such that federation would have been a noble goal as a foil to previous Twitt
85.
by mattwilsonn888 4y ago
I would be very interested to know what overlap any of these attack surfaces may have with Signal, or other prominent applications. What issues are fixable, which are more endemic to the classical architectures?
86.
by mattwilsonn888 4y ago
Might it be fair to say that Leetcode as a proxy for much real world programming is like using heavy duty mental arithmetic to judge one's quality as a research mathematician? I think doing some Leetcode type challenges are important a
87.
Ask HN: Is programming culture immature?
140 points by mattwilsonn888 4y ago|122 comments
88.
by mattwilsonn888 4y ago
Perhaps an aspect of American culture so expensive and not that old should be allowed to diminish according to its market demand.
89.
by mattwilsonn888 4y ago
Thanks for writing that. I just wanted to add on to your last point and better justify it. > A certain degree of paranoia isn't unreasonable because a certain percentage of humanity really is out to get us. And the internet means th
90.
by mattwilsonn888 4y ago
Clicking the link to that blockchain service informs you that it is "Not Available in the U.S." Some blockchain. To answer your question - the point of a blockchain would be a universal and uncensorable key store the Telegram clie

More ›