Topic: Finally someone explained Ethereum! (Read 171 times)
Now many users are mining hash, not understanding what it is, because they are only interested in money
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eXch.cx - Automatic crypto Swap Exchange.
It's running on thousands of computers from a bunch of people who don't know what they're doing and who're only in it for the money.
that's so me, the "in it for the money" aspect. The only reason I bought ethereum was just because of the future ROI I saw. I almost don't use it for any real life purpose instead bitcoin does it all for me. 
https://xkcd.com/2054/
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Is the pipeline literally running from your laptop? Don't be silly, my laptop disconnects far too often to host a service we rely on. It's running on my phone.
Vitalik Buterin: Check it out - I made a Turing complete blockchain that collects and processes all the information we need.
Computer Scientist: Is it a giant house of cards built from random scripts that will all completely collapse the moment any input does anything weird?
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Vitalik Buterin: It ... might not be.
Computer Scientist: I guess that's someth...
Vitalik Buterin: Whoops, just collapsed. Hang on, I'm gonna hard fork it.
alt text: Is the blockchain literally running from your laptop? Don't be silly, my laptop disconnects far too often to host a service we rely on. It's running on thousands of computers from a bunch of people who don't know what they're doing and who're only in it for the money.
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