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		opus132 on July 30, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Haskell Elephant in the Room > He's working on the same ledger tech but centralised Cryptographic ledger technology has been around since forever (the 70s to be precise): just look at Git, SUNDR, etc. I believe he's specifically calling out firms working on cryptocurrencies; cryptocurrencies are just one application of cryptographic distributed ledgers.

exdsq on July 30, 2020 [–]

Sure, but the companies he specifically named are working on similar projects that's all.

Edit: In fact I don't know of a single company using Haskell in the crypto space I'd define as a 'scam'

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