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_gf4m

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    Comment #29761577

    You haven't been able to GPU mine bitcoin in like a decade, every miner uses dedicated ASICs specifically for mining btc. It's been impossible to compete without ASICs for a very l…

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    Comment #29734123

    I'm creating an NFT project that's doing something I've never really seen other projects doing in any capacity, and can confirm it's pretty hard doing something against the current…

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    Comment #29731950

    It's honestly difficult to discuss ideas in the space outside of specialized discord channels given how divisive people on social media like twitter have been on the subject. Walle…

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    Comment #29678147

    You can easily create as many wallets as you'd like, and keep your funds isolated from a wallet you use as an identity, if you wanted. There are multi-key wallets out there as well…

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    Comment #29677943

    I think it's a really neat space to explore and love the idea of provable digital ownership. There's a lot of projects in the space that are interesting ideas, and it is fascinatin…

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    Comment #29668467

    The best examples right now are honestly NFT marketplaces or DeFi, however you can authenticate with these services without needing to have any funds available on your wallet. If y…

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    Comment #29667799

    Clearly you have a strong dislike for the tech, and that's fine I don't care of course, but do keep in mind that there are ways to isolate risk pretty easily. Even if the technolog…

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    Comment #29667150

    Yes, thanks for the clarification.

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    Comment #29667087

    NFTs are only expensive on Ethereum. You can mint for cents or less on other chains.

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    Comment #29666787

    But you can determine NFT authenticity by only examining onchain data. You can for instance check the program ID that executed the mint and that it is verified (in the case of Sola…

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    Comment #29666762

    NFTs are simply single issue tokens that can optionally be part of a collection. While most NFTs today take the form of a link to decentralized storage on solutions such as IPFS or…

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    Comment #29657277

    I can give an example of a proof of concept app I created for a hackathon - Frontend hosting, I decided to go with a traditional hosting solution (vercel). Nothing changing here. B…

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    Comment #29653016

    Not gonna lie, it really blew my mind when I was onboarding junior engineers that not every engineer knows how to touch-type. Frankly, I had never even heard of the terminology "to…

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    Comment #29647287

    - Definitely use an IDE like IntelliJ - Familiarizing yourself with vim is great and one of the best timesaving skills I decided to pick up randomly. You can install vim plugins fo…

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    Comment #29642543

    I worked at a startup that was acquired by a larger corporation. This echoes my experience as well, everything became so clogged up with processes, documentation, responsibilities …

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    Comment #29642065

    It's not too much different than most other ventures, most failed, a couple have built out successful products.

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    Comment #29642028

    I honestly agree too having worked in enterprise, but see it more as an inevitability as an enterprise product continues to be supported for years and years, as the original talent…

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    Comment #29641972

    This is true, but I think that they really should disable approving the transaction prior to the simulation finishing. Because right now, you can simply approve a transaction blind…

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    Comment #29641523

    That's like saying every java developer since the beginning of time is not talented because they decided to pull in log4j.

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    Comment #29641510

    The materials already used in your house may not go up in value, but the value of the raw materials themselves certainly have gone up in value due to 30% inflation or whatever over…

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    Comment #29641375

    Solana is the 5th largest blockchain by market cap in the world, has a ton of investors and ongoing development by a lot of talented developers. Just because you haven't heard of i…

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    Comment #29641114

    Minting is just essentially purchasing something with a couple of extra steps behind the scene. What pretty much happens when you are minting an NFT is: 1. The owner of the collect…

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    Comment #29641055

    This is the thing that stands out most to me here - how did the phisher possibly post in the announcements channel?? This exploit seems like it could have further reaching impacts …