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		gillesjacobs on March 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitcoin Is Time You're dismissing a whole branch of computer science on decentralised systems with no argumentation as to why. Consensus algorithms, solutions to the CAP trilemma, uncensorable decentralised applications that run as long as people are willing to use them, trustless oracles, decentralised dispute resolution, democratised loans and finance. Those are some applications that grew out the cryptocurrency space.

SideburnsOfDoom on March 3, 2021 [–]

That might be a shame, but a few grifters can ruin a lot; if only a few people pee in the well, then all the well water will taste of piss.

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