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11y ago
NG is more efficient than the Bitcoin-type blockchain, while maintaining its security properties. Any currency running on a blockchain can therefore benefit from it. Lightning network allows for off-chain transactions, so it's separate
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11y ago
Hi. Ittay here, one of the authors. Bitcoin-NG is precisely as decentralized as Bitcoin. Whereas in Bitcoin, a miner is elected via a distributed lottery to determine the transactions that took place in the preceding 10 minutes, in NG, a m