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What is Cardano? An introduction to the cryptocurrency being built by scientists

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Re: What is Cardano? An introduction to the cryptocurrency being built by scientists

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rushsteve1 wrote: post #3

While the concept of a peer-reviewed cryptocurrency is an interesting one, and certainly has merit, I can't seem to figure out what Cardano offers that existing, and well established, cryptocurrencies like Ethereum don't.

Nothing, as far as I can tell. The goal seems to be just to do it better.

There MAY be an idea of keeping the computing layer private, meaning you can run computations w/o everyone seeing how it works, which is the case with Ethereum block chains. That's just the impression I get from reading their docs.

Re: What is Cardano? An introduction to the cryptocurrency being built by scientists

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sneak wrote: post #6

This is advertising.

I disagree. Within the last week Cardano has gone from relatively unknown to the 6th highest market cap on https://coinmarketcap.com. There is certainly enough of a surge in interest to make this a relevant post.

Re: What is Cardano? An introduction to the cryptocurrency being built by scientists

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Post by marsrover »

rushsteve1 wrote: post #7
sneak wrote: post #6

This is advertising.

I disagree. Within the last week Cardano has gone from relatively unknown to the 6th highest market cap on https://coinmarketcap.com . There is certainly enough of a surge in interest to make this a relevant post.

I'm pretty sure the fact that the "article" links to both Coinbase and Binance with referral IDs classifies this as advertising.

Re: What is Cardano? An introduction to the cryptocurrency being built by scientists

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Post by Gargoyle »

marsrover wrote: post #8
rushsteve1 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree. Within the last week Cardano has gone from relatively unknown to the 6th highest market cap on https://coinmarketcap.com . There is certainly enough of a surge in interest to make this a relevant post.

I'm pretty sure the fact that the "article" links to both Coinbase and Binance with referral IDs classifies this as advertising.

I wouldn't mind if the link was replaced with one that didn't include "buy now" links, but the topic of "What is Cardano?" is perfectly fine for this board.

Re: What is Cardano? An introduction to the cryptocurrency being built by scientists

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Post by rushsteve1 »

marsrover wrote: post #8
rushsteve1 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree. Within the last week Cardano has gone from relatively unknown to the 6th highest market cap on https://coinmarketcap.com . There is certainly enough of a surge in interest to make this a relevant post.

I'm pretty sure the fact that the "article" links to both Coinbase and Binance with referral IDs classifies this as advertising.

Oh I didn't even notice those were links. That puts a very different spin on the article...
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