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Cicada – Decentralized Application and Direct Democracy Platform

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Re: Cicada – Decentralized Application and Direct Democracy Platform

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The first thing I notice is quite remarkable, this is a cryptocurrency inspired by a science fiction novel?? It all comes full circle with Cryptocurrency first being described in Cryptonomicon. Haven't had a chance to dig through all its claims.

> Cryptocurrency first being described in Cryptonomicon

Really? That's crazy! I always thought that Stephenson had heard early ideas about cryptocurrencies and incorporated them into his book.

Are you saying the Neil Stephenson invented the concept of a cryptocurrency?

Re: Cicada – Decentralized Application and Direct Democracy Platform

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Overthinking it. The internet is great because it is as simple as a bunch of computers talking via socket connections. Do that but with encryption. Let everything else grow the way it wants to.

This sounds like a framework. Not a good idea. You'll eventually find something that the framework cannot support, but you've over thought everything, so adding that is next to impossible, so time for a rewrite.

Re: Cicada – Decentralized Application and Direct Democracy Platform

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The first thing I notice is quite remarkable, this is a cryptocurrency inspired by a science fiction novel?? It all comes full circle with Cryptocurrency first being described in Cryptonomicon. Haven't had a chance to dig through all its claims.

> Cryptocurrency first being described in Cryptonomicon Really? That's crazy! I always thought that Stephenson had heard early ideas about cryptocurrencies and incorporated them into his book. Are you saying the Neil Stephenson invented the concept of a cryptocurrency?

It seems like you know the answer and you're being passive-aggressive about it. Are you thinking the OP doesn't know about David Chaum?
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