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ristoalas

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    Comment #22906708

    Unfortunately, the answer seems "no" so far. Based on for example [1], the infection fatality ratio appears to be 10 times worse than the seasonal flu for people aged 30-39. Also, …

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    Comment #12512514

    I tend to subscribe to the definitions laid out in the following article: https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/08/07/on-public-and-private-b...

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    Comment #12512505

    The speed comes from the fact that private and consortium blockchains tend not use Proof of Work (at least not as the only algorithm; you could mix and match, if you wanted to). In…

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    Comment #12512389

    One way to look at it is that KSI is a proof of stake blockchain where the stakeholders are (mostly) fixed. Often people would call that a private blockchain (or a consortium block…

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    Comment #12507888

    (I work for Guardtime.) KSI verification is meant to be decentralised; that is, no single (centralised) entity should have the ability to, for example, create fake timestamps. You …

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    Comment #12507674

    (I work for Guardtime; I’m happy to answer any questions.) Some online resources might not make it very clear, but the KSI blockchain is indeed a blockchain; for example, new block…