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Yep it is statistically correct. For anyone interested in the potential reasons: one of the most posited ones is that the creators of the tests are inherently biased. i.e. if someo…

1. Where? I don't see any of that on the sources you linked [AMA on Reddit] 2. Where [breitbart article linked doesn't really get into it beyond other people saying it]? 3. I do th…

> There is no such thing as a trustless app Reread my post, I said almost. Nothing in life is trustless [for instance, solar flares could effect my computer's state], but you can g…

If the blockchain is useful in those areas where [almost] no trust exists, Urbit has the potential to be useful for essentially everything else. To give a concrete example, this wo…

One example of an app you'd want to run on ethereum is something like a prediction market (PM). A PM is a pretty general financial market and can be used to speculate on things fro…

Augur allows you to create any sort of predictive marketplace without counterparty risk. It utilizes Ethereum for its smart contracts and Bitcoin as a currency

Checkout my reply above --- no proof of work required (for the reputation aspect, that is)!

but you can't make more reputation out of thin air by creating new accounts/addresses, just as you can't create Bitcoin by making new addresses

;) --- idea is that truth is a schelling point

In events without a clear outcome (say greater than 65% certainty, this is a tunable parameter) there's an audit system where a different group of reporters is asked to answer the …

Sybil attacks are addressed due to the way reputation works. Reports are a weighted average - so the more reputation you have, the more your votes are weighted. You could make a bi…

I'm also interested in this, got the same email seems like a scam?