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What Bitcoin’s White Paper Got Right, Wrong and What We Still Don’t Know (2018)

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Bitcoin's white paper turns 12! Dear Satoshi! Thanks for Bitcoin. If you read my comment, please reply me your advice.

Invest in dilithium, shit it going to vanish.

Not for another 1000 years give or take.

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Has anyone actually found a use for cryptocurrency and/or the blockchain yet that is not "burn a shit-ton of power on arguing over units of cryptocurrency are worth anything"?

Rediscovering why some financial regulation makes sense come to mind. A petri dish for relearning.

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Has anyone actually found a use for cryptocurrency and/or the blockchain yet that is not "burn a shit-ton of power on arguing over units of cryptocurrency are worth anything"?

Transferring money across borders, gambling, buying drugs are the main three that come to mind.

edit: missed financial speculation

Re: What Bitcoin’s White Paper Got Right, Wrong and What We Still Don’t Know (2018)

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Bitcoin's white paper turns 12! Dear Satoshi! Thanks for Bitcoin. If you read my comment, please reply me your advice.

Invest in dilithium, shit it going to vanish.

Why would I want to invest in something that will vanish? Maybe this is a bitcoin joke I don't understand yet.
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