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MusaTheRedGuard

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    Comment #19753296

    Yep. Most smart people, even the most diehard fans, knew tether was at the very least, extremely shady.

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    Comment #19563059

    Forking is not a problem. It's users voting with their feet. The possibility of forking is a necessary deterrent in cryptonetwork governance. If the maintainers of a network become…

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    Comment #19563041

    > you can only commit to a given supply curve, but you cannot adjust it according to the state of the economy. Why do you think this? Ethereum has changed its inflation schedule a …

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    Comment #19562997

    What do you think decentralized finance even is?

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    Comment #19515722

    Just gonna leave this here: https://app.veil.co/market/will-2020-presidential-candidate-... Also interesting to mention the crossover between Yang supporters and the crypto communi…

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    Comment #19505895

    At this point, I find it hard to take mainstream journalist's criticism of bitcoin seriously unless the criticizers agree on what they're criticizing. Bitcoin isn't exchanges or "c…

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    Comment #19291848

    Bitcoin is not an exchange. That's like saying the economy is screwed up because a company went bankrupt.

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    Comment #19265932

    This entire thread: "Why don't you just use the post office why do you need email?"

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    Comment #19227847

    Or a jurisdiction which has rules that you can't or choose not to comply with

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    Comment #19227824

    And I'm saying illegality is not the only usecase, though it is definitely a valuable and useful one. In case it wasn't clear, the usecases i mentioned above (gambling, getting aro…

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    Comment #19227600

    Anyone can call themselves a "blockchain enthusiast" that doesn't mean they're smart or know what they're doing. Examples of good thinkers are the guys over at multicoin capital, a…

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    Comment #19227419

    First of all, no. Global, trustless coordination is a hard problem and is not necessarily illegal. Second, legality is subjective around the world. It is currently illegal in the U…

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    Comment #19227099

    Most people who are even a little bit serious about working/investing in crypto, are well aware of this and have been saying this for the past few years. Inb4 "you're not investing…

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    Comment #19192545

    It's been pretty telling to watch sentiment on HN towards crypto slowly shift from complete disgust to mild curiousity

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    Comment #18407089

    Peer to peer censorship resistant electronic cash. Moving value on the internet without a potentially compromised central party

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    Comment #18130660

    Yeah definitely doesn't square with my experience. My first 3 years as a software engineer was filled with late nights at the office, horrendous office politics and an extreme amou…

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    Comment #18130371

    This honestly makes me sad. I really did think google was different

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    Comment #17804247

    Decentralization. Anyone can run their own node of the software making it resistant to censorship, malicious control by the devs themselves or a third party. Augur.casino runs thei…

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    Comment #17802870

    Multiple ways to short ETH, as mentioned by another user. Including on augur itself! See: https://augur-cfd.com

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    Comment #17802809

    You don't have to download an app to interact with augur: augur.casino Built on top of IPFS

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    Comment #17802205

    Total Money at Stake: $1,155,706.38 From predictions.global