purplecabbage77

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   by purplecabbage77 3y ago

   The linked tweet screenshots a blog post[1] that is an analysis of a pHd thesis[2] [1] - https://www.electrospaces.net/2023/09/some-new-snippets-from... [2] - https://pure.tue.nl/ws/portalfile
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   by purplecabbage77 5y ago

   I would say transcendentally different. Unlike eBay, with Bitcoin I can transact nearly instantly and without going through any middle men like PayPal and the like. This is huge. I can also store 1bitcoin and 1million bitcoin on the same US
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   by purplecabbage77 5y ago

   Something this article misses though is that Bitcoin, unlike stamps and Beanie Babies, is digital, which I'd argue makes a huge difference. Imagine if you could exchange Beanie Babies with anyone in the world with an internet (or sate
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   by purplecabbage77 6y ago

   Filecoin is actually built by Protocol Labs and Juan Benet, the same team that works on IPFS. I'm not saying there aren't plenty of pump and dump shitcoins out there, or that FIL is deserving of its current price, but I don't
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   by purplecabbage77 6y ago

   Isn't that basically the same thing as just having data collecting companies pay users directly?