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Move Over, Bitcoin. Ether Is the Digital Currency of the Moment

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Re: Move Over, Bitcoin. Ether Is the Digital Currency of the Moment

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Post by censoredforlife »

No it is not, and as far as crypto is concerned - mainstream media is almost always wrong. This really reads like PR for vitalik.

Eth is great as a developer platform, and it can/does have a future. However, btc will remain the true king because of its decentralized nature.

Re: Move Over, Bitcoin. Ether Is the Digital Currency of the Moment

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Post by willitpamp573 »

Ethereum is an obvious ponzi pump and dump scam.

I like how they frame the DAO hack as an opportunity for growth rather than a gross display of incompetence followed by a breaking of the original promise of immutability of the platform, which is what it was.

Re: Move Over, Bitcoin. Ether Is the Digital Currency of the Moment

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Post by computerwizard »

censoredforlife wrote: post #2

No it is not, and as far as crypto is concerned - mainstream media is almost always wrong. This really reads like PR for vitalik. Eth is great as a developer platform, and it can/does have a future. However, btc will remain the true king because of its decentralized nature.

Ethereum has over 4.5x as many full nodes as Bitcoin, how is it more decentralized?

Re: Move Over, Bitcoin. Ether Is the Digital Currency of the Moment

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Post by aarpmcgee »

censoredforlife wrote: post #2

No it is not, and as far as crypto is concerned - mainstream media is almost always wrong. This really reads like PR for vitalik. Eth is great as a developer platform, and it can/does have a future. However, btc will remain the true king because of its decentralized nature.

Careful about predicting the future!

Re: Move Over, Bitcoin. Ether Is the Digital Currency of the Moment

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Post by cgb223 »

censoredforlife wrote: post #2

No it is not, and as far as crypto is concerned - mainstream media is almost always wrong. This really reads like PR for vitalik. Eth is great as a developer platform, and it can/does have a future. However, btc will remain the true king because of its decentralized nature.

Why?

That's a big statement. Expand on it.

Re: Move Over, Bitcoin. Ether Is the Digital Currency of the Moment

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Post by simplehuman »

computerwizard wrote: post #4
censoredforlife wrote: post #2

No it is not, and as far as crypto is concerned - mainstream media is almost always wrong. This really reads like PR for vitalik. Eth is great as a developer platform, and it can/does have a future. However, btc will remain the true king because of its decentralized nature.

Ethereum has over 4.5x as many full nodes as Bitcoin, how is it more decentralized?

What are the absolute numbers?

Re: Move Over, Bitcoin. Ether Is the Digital Currency of the Moment

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Post by kinghajj »

willitpamp573 wrote: post #3

Ethereum is an obvious ponzi pump and dump scam. I like how they frame the DAO hack as an opportunity for growth rather than a gross display of incompetence followed by a breaking of the original promise of immutability of the platform, which is what it was.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereumfraud/comments/6bgvqv/faq_w...

Re: Move Over, Bitcoin. Ether Is the Digital Currency of the Moment

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Post by pthreads »

segmondy wrote: post #6

Unlike stocks which are regulated and you are not suppose to promote if you already own some. There is no such thing for crypto currency. I always view every article promoting digital currency like a pump and dump scheme.

That's right. In fact that has been happening with just about every cryptocurrency that trades on crypto-exchanges (and even those that don't).
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