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Dev Meeting Transcript (May 14, 2021)

[4:03 PM] Tron: Anyone here? [4:03 PM] unclear: Yeap [4:04 PM] HyperPeek: Yes :slight_smile: [4:04 PM] mikehoncho: Hello [4:05 PM] Tron: Hello. [4:06 PM] unclear: Quite silent today. Do we have an agenda? [4:07 PM] SVY: Good day [4:08 PM] Tron: I don't have an agenda. [4:09 PM] sirrumz: Hello [4:10 PM] mikehoncho: It is…
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Are the developers of RVN active on this project?

I love this coin, it's the coin I'm mining right now and I hold about 300 Rvn. I believe in the ravencoin project but there's only so much fans can do for the coin. I rarely see developers post on the development of the coin. Especially on reddit. It's disappointing to see a coin with…
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Anyone else excited to see altcoins moving independently of bitcoin?

Even though I hold btc I’ve been pleasantly surprised to see all my other holding bounce back before it did. Do y’all think this is a sign we’re knee deep in alt season or is the market finally moving away from riding and dying with the almighty bitcoin? submitted by /u/nrb255 [link] …
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Daily Discussion – May 15, 2021 (GMT+0)

Welcome to the Daily Discussion. Please read the disclaimer, guidelines, and rules before participating. Disclaimer: Though karma rules still apply, moderation is less stringent on this thread than on the rest of the sub. Therefore, consider all information posted here with several liberal heaps of salt, and always cross check any information you may read…
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Is there any rebuttal to this paper on why PoS can not be used to form decentralized consensus

http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/papers2/bitcoin/new-pos.001.pdf Just read this, seems like the conclusion is the PoS does not provide the same type of decentralized consensus as PoW. Do you agree? Is there any common rebuttal to the points this guy makes? submitted by /u/versaceblues [link] [comments]

Today, I met Someone who owns a computer scrapping business , and while he’s at it, he scans hard drives for old Crypto Wallets

Thought this would be a cool story to share. I do service work for air conditioning, this new customer of mine needs to replace these Old hack and slash AC units. Pretty decent size business. He scraps electronics. Phones. Computers, separates them for the metals etc. Hes been in business for 11 years and as…
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Will it be easier to make secure forks post-merge?

The Ethereum Classic chain has suffered a number of 51% attacks because, basically, who's going to waste GPUs mining ETC when they could mine ETH instead? But after the merge to proof of stake, it would be rather easy to set up a validator for another network alongside Ethereum. So if something like the ETC…
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Low Energy Proof-of-Work: Bitcoin Improvement Proposal Wants to Change Network’s Algorithm

The most topical conversation in the world of cryptocurrencies right now is the effects of bitcoin mining on the global environment after Elon Musk heated up the conversation. Following the recent Tesla announcement, the cofounder of Siphox and Powx, Michael Dubrovsky, revealed the nonprofit Powx has recently submitted a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) that aims […]

Does a transaction with more inputs cost more to send on Ethereum?

With Bitcoin, the more inputs you have in a transaction, the more expensive it is to send. Is this the same for Ethereum? submitted by /u/don911 [link] [comments]

Congrats to ADA holders – $2 has been breached!

With the market still recovering from Elon Musk’s tweet ADA has held steady and continued to grow reaching a new ATH of $2! Hopefully one day the project can regain #4 spot on by overtaking the almighty dogecojn /s – no seriously, it still has a higher market cap! I can’t wait to see where…
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