If the devs are reading--the quotes scroll too quickly to comfortably read, especially with no way to control them or go back. Otherwise this is a gorgeously designed site.
Ethereum is a next-generation cryptocurrency platform
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#12[1] https://www.usenix.org/system/files/login/articles/105516-Br...
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#13No, no a thousand times no... you are building weird machines[1] into the design of the money system. [1] https://www.usenix.org/system/files/login/articles/105516-Br...
I haven't finished reading everything yet, so I maybe totally incorrect. But I doubt Vitalik didn't consider these issues.
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#14I like that it is mildly inflationary over the long term, as opposed to deflationary.
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#16Interesting, but why Turing?
Because OP doesn't understand why bitcoin "script" is limited in first place.
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#17Will the financial derivative portion mean it is a decentralized Intrade? You would create a contract which will depend on the results of a URL action at a certain point. A trusted neutral observer will give the results of an action at a certain date. Did XX party win an election. The transaction is then decided on that date.
So a third party would take some fixed payment and decide the blockchain event between two parties? Anyway I think it is exciting.
Re: Ethereum is a next-generation cryptocurrency platform
#18No, no a thousand times no... you are building weird machines[1] into the design of the money system. [1] https://www.usenix.org/system/files/login/articles/105516-Br...
It seems there's a nice economical limit on script execution. If the contract during its executing consumes more resources (ops + memory) than fees attached to it, the it's simply considered invalid. That computation is done after the money is locked and the fee is attached, so if you do while(1){}, you are basically donating to a miner. I haven't finished reading everything yet, so I maybe totally incorrect. But I d…
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#19Re: Ethereum is a next-generation cryptocurrency platform
#20First we had cryptocurrencies, now we have generic cryptocurrency platforms. How long until we see cryptocurrency platform platforms?