throwawaylolx

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by throwawaylolx 9y ago
It is. These speculation cycles come and go regularly. HN general knowledge of blockchain is similar to HN general knowledge of AI: slightly above average. There are many smart engineers laying down the foundations of the Bitcoin protocol a
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>Since conversions to fiat are done via exchanges, which are regulated, it's pretty simple. There are plenty of decentralized exchanges (Bisq supports Monero) and OTC trading websites such as LocalMonero. It would make no sense for
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>only compromises the supply integrity Conveniently, it's impossible to audit whether more coins are being minted right now to add to the developer tax already imposed on block rewards. Don't think I misrepresented trusted setu
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Oh, and I forgot to mention they were also sponsored by DARPA. You can pretend these are all irrelevant arguments and wait for your proof, but the reality is that reasonable doubt and ad hominem are sometimes appropriate, especially when d
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The difference is that Spectrecoin has no paper and no explanation how "stealth staking" works.
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See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16687574
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This was a well-known design choice where the user could balance between transaction size and privacy--people who preferred faster/cheaper transactions chose to sacrifice untraceability. Nowadays, the default option enforces higher unt
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>I know some people will say that they could work on their way to work, but I can't do work in a car. But some can, and they would benefit from a self-driving car that can drive _at least as safe_ as themselves. Granted, it'd b
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GP didn't say self-driving cars should be less safe, only that they don't need to be safer in order to provide a benefit.
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That's true, but I merely intended to say that there are plans to introduce smart contracts for Bitcoin, and there is considerable support for this. Naturally, this is intended as a second-layer solution.
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Bitcoin has RSK (and Szabo)
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They allow faster and cheaper on-chain transactions. Some prefer to avoid LN if possible, especially as its topology may turn out to be not as p2p as people prefer, and LN nodes may be operated by corporations who may or may not have KYC re
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Thats's precisely what the paper linked in the OP describes?
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/r/DrugNerds, /r/TrueFilm, /r/MachineLearning, /r/SecurityAnalysis, /r/options, /r/CryptoTechnology As you can see, they're all very targeted to specific interests. However, I
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This is even more amusing when coupled with the thoughts of IOTA followers: https://www.reddit.com/r/Iota/comments/73w6i7/why_ternary_ar... The two most voted comments are as follows: >It's a lit