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fabianfabian

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    Comment #34921172

    ChatGPT does not know how to be correct, it only knows how to sound correct. A better name for now would be PlausibleGPT.

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    Comment #34397556

    How? Can you even sign up in third-party apps? Those third-party app users were already Twitter users before. Maybe you meant they wouldn't remain Twitter users because they can't …

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    Comment #34397158

    No, "Top tweets" has become "For You" and "Latest" is now "Following"

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    Comment #34397146

    Then I guessed wrong, thanks!

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    Comment #34397009

    Chronological timeline has not been removed. It is now shown more clear under the Following tab instead of the old starry icon. My guess is the 3rd party clients need to stop filte…

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    Comment #34140386

    Numbers please, because it seems you haven't considered the possibility of it being cheaper. The practice known as curtailment, is a way for miners to help electricity grids. The m…

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    Comment #33690347

    Sure, if double-spending has been solved for you, you don't need a blockchain. It hasn't been solved for everyone yet though. A great book to learn about this is: Check Your Financ…

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    Comment #33690157

    yes, the entire reason a bank is needed in all online transactions is because nobody trusts YOU to not double spend, but they do trust the bank to make sure they don't let you spen…

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    Comment #33689997

    DNS is already decentralized, it's one of the most decentralized projects on the internet. And while domains (not DNS) are less decentralized, it's all standardised and protocol ba…

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    Comment #33689925

    This guy is exactly what's wrong with the crypto space. It's a fundamental misunderstanding of the strengths and weaknesses of blockchains. Putting all those things he listed on a …

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    Comment #31408825

    replay would be if someone legitimately unlocks the car and the attackers records the communication in order to replay it later. relay is when the attacker takes the bluetooth sign…

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    Comment #29376197

    I remember always looking at this one in the stores as a kid, I could never have it because it was too expensive according to my parents. Over 20 years later I saw it on Marktplaat…

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    Comment #29283541

    The keycard is just a back-up that you can keep in your wallet. Unlocking with the app (phone) happens automatically with bluetooth when you are near the car, no internet required.…

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    Comment #29234628

    There is no official implementation but http://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin is most widely used to achieve consensus

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    Comment #29028056

    Hey take a look around in your room and find out where half of the things are made, and then reflect on who these consumers are you are talking about.

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    Comment #28166791

    It's $0.30 on the base layer and closer to $0.01 if you use lightning.

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    Comment #27661107

    There is a difference between currencies, payment systems and settlements, Bitcoin can do all. Also, you forgot to list the dollar.

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    Comment #27660219

    The protocol is configured to aim for 10 minute block intervals. If in a 2 week period there too many or too little blocks the difficulty to find a new block is adjusted for the ne…

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    Comment #27503865

    Payment systems are not currencies.

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    Comment #26369987

    Because having bitcoins preserves value, you might see it as spending but it is actually saving. They can still choose to spend it on hiring people if they wanted.

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    Comment #25745081

    Thanks for creating this! Over time BTC will become a better measuring tool for stocks than the inflated dollar

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    Comment #23863364

    Yep signed tweets solve this and it doesn’t need to be perfect, it can even be partially automanaged by Twitter infrastructure just to restrict staff.

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    Comment #22160468

    Well it is, any copy cat coin sharing the same hashing algorithm as Bitcoin has this risk. So stay away from shitcoins. Edit: I was wrong about BTG sharing the same algorithm.

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    Comment #19858059

    Rollbacks can be considered for shitcoins, in Bitcoin it is nearly impossible and very unrealistic.

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    Comment #19193097

    The reports of bitcoin environmental damage are garbage. ( https://hackernoon.com/the-reports-of-bitcoin-environmental-... ) Bitcoin mining will accelerate environmental friendly e…