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0 pointsEdHominem10y ago0 comments

The ones that don't involve a small list of nodes that you are required to trust to get anything done.

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JoeAltmaier10y ago· 1 in thread

Exactly. Its a matter of trust (i.e. the paranoid part), and we're burning the planet's limited resources so that we feel better about that.

Do you know how many resources we "waste" making non-copyable bills, staffing the Secret Service, running payment networks, etc?

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