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Topic: Bitcoin without blockchain (Read 717 times)

legendary
Activity: 1302
Merit: 1004
Core dev leaves me neg feedback #abuse #political
May 16, 2014, 12:31:51 AM
#4
Even I (not being a bitcoin expert) can
see that this paper's idea for an alt-coin is full of
half-baked ideas, uncertainties and questionable assumptions,
if not flat out erroneous.

This idea of converged consensus is based on RANDOMNESS,
which is hardly desireable.

Compare that to Bitcoin, which creates consensus from
proof of work based on incentivizing miners to be honest nodes.
full member
Activity: 194
Merit: 100
May 15, 2014, 06:28:26 AM
#3
Custom blockchain length.
sr. member
Activity: 462
Merit: 250
Lux e tenebris
May 15, 2014, 06:20:32 AM
#2
no merit, no. need the blockchain.
hero member
Activity: 515
Merit: 502
May 15, 2014, 06:06:19 AM
#1
Sorry if it was already discussed but I can't find it. Is there any merits in the following paper?

 "A Bitcoin system with no mining and no history transactions: Build a compact Bitcoin system"

http://arxiv.org/abs/1404.4275



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