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FreeCrypto

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    Comment #19810008

    Excited to read this. Their piece on heroin won a pulitzer last year: https://www.cincinnati.com/pages/interactives/seven-days-of-...

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    Comment #19145739

    Of course trust is still involved. The whitepaper specifically puts "trust" in the context of trusted third parties ("financial institutions serving as trusted third parties to pro…

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    Comment #16360627

    Expensive and slow seems to be the point. An attacker would need to spend an inordinate amount to change just the most recent transactions - this provides high confidence that the …

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    Comment #15937041

    I think you're right, he seems like a super nice dude in his interviews :)

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    Comment #15936226

    Exactly this. Kipchoge would probably be insulted that the OP uses the term "run" in describing anything that's slower than 5:15 pace.

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    Comment #15908360

    People want a coin that can give them 1000x gains, the next iteration of "buying btc in 2010." Far Related, but not directed at prev comment... If anyone actually cares about sound…

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    Comment #15698630

    Sorry for the confusion, there was a spectrum. I don't think we're in disagreement here, you may be envisioning things that were not happening. To clarify, Security Guards checking…

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    Comment #15698446

    Yep. My company paid a lot of money to sponsor a booth and make sure the majority of our interactions were with customers that we could sell to/partner with. Having a free for all …

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    Comment #15698137

    Mostly agree. The Salesforce employee should have been able to escalate the issue to the right people to get it solved. Simply having a Salesforce employee vouching for them should…

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    Comment #15697951

    The event is massive, something like 180,000 total attendees. They actually shut down Howard St. between 4th and 3rd and roll out astro turf and put up fake rock formations and sta…

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    Comment #15697694

    Personally, I would like to thank Salesforce for a strong security presence at the event. There were bomb sniffing dogs, many security staff, and vehicle barriers with armed guards…

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    Comment #15620007

    The most apparent reason is that ETH does not have a set supply cap, whereas BTC is 21,000,000.