pinoli

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by pinoli 5y ago
because once you have a global, indestructible infrastructure that embeds the same principles, companies would find it more efficient to do so, instead of building their own unique and non-compatible version.
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by pinoli 6y ago
thanks for the info, I knew all of that. the problem here is not the expected switch to PoS, the problem is how do we go about reaching consensus about something in Ethereum. Is Vitalik calling the shots? I hope not. So if a small group of
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by pinoli 6y ago
sorry but no one is hired. Mining is voluntary and based on incentives: you remove the incentives, miners stop mining. it’s that simple.
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by pinoli 6y ago
merchants and exchanges do not exist in blockchain terms, miners come first since they literally make the chain run. Everything flows from here.
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by pinoli 6y ago
mmh doesn’t make a lot of sense. Miners do actually provide the infrastructure for the network to function properly: no miners, no coins, no blocks, no transactions, no network. I know it’s tempting to discard miners’ concerns, but it would
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by pinoli 6y ago
Please, I know you are all smart, think about this: 2009-2011: it is a stupid internet currency with no value 2012-2015: it is used for drugs and other crimes 2016-2018: it is for tax evaders, money launderers and terrorists 2019-2021: it i
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by pinoli 6y ago
I would like to ask you why start with cryptocurrencies, that only account for 0.6% of world energy consumption, when we can dream big and tackle the issue once and for all by banning air travel. BOOM! In a heartbeat you are consuming -20%
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by pinoli 6y ago
absolutely. as the far west was incredibly ridiculous. this is not a cryptocurrency issue, that is humans being humans