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by kanzure 3063 days ago
> the Bitcoin team blew off his smart contracts ideas

Probably because he didn't realize bitcoin already had Bitcoin script. It's mostly ethereum people who disbelieve in the existence of bitcoin scripting... but go look at the source code, it's right there.
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dreit1 3062 days ago
This is a gross misinterpretation of what actually happened. Read up on the OP_RETURN saga. Bitcoin Core completely shitting on Counterparty is why Vitalik decided not to build on top of a system that showed that the core developers could and would pull out the rug from under him

OP_RETURN is the greatest turning point in cryptocurrency history

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