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b1db77d2

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    Comment #8165670

    You can get semi decent USB webcams for $3 US shipped. Get a box load and some USB hubs. Done.

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    Comment #8164893

    They're ASIC processors. It's already set in stone (silicon, whatever).

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    Comment #8162825

    Getting consensus with 3 nodes is easy. Keeping it is the hard part. You'll no doubt find that your daemons don't behave the way you'd expect cross platform, cross architecture. Co…

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    Comment #8162728

    A little note about the "make a privkey" section of the signature example; it can sometimes* make invalid privkeys that are off the end of the EC curve. Only integers between 0x1 a…

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    Comment #8141770

    Does it matter? Bitcoin has thousands of clones but they still manage to gain userbases. http://mapofcoins.com/

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    Comment #8141768

    In a decentralized consensus every single node must have the same behavior, handle errors the same way, make the same decisions based on the same core rules. Experience with Bitcoi…

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    Comment #8141539

    Which for something that's meant to be maintaining consensus is a fairly stupid move.

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    Comment #8141532

    It takes no effort to change the name and clone it completely.

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    Comment #8141462

    Seeding the jar with BTC is speculated to be what Mastercoin did as well, it's not an unreasonable idea in the least. It's essentially free except for the encumbered funds being un…