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Old 01-07-2024, 02:15 AM   #10 (permalink)
redpoint5
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redpoint5 -- but no Bitcoin for you, we have to wait for a CBDC.
I have Ethereum that I mined.

The mechanism that secures Bitcoin is the extreme cost to validate the transactions, which implies a fatal flaw.

Distributed ledger sounds like a good idea to me, but the future has to reduce transaction costs, not increase them. I don't have the solution to that problem, but I'm very good at recognizing a dumb idea.
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