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by MrXOR 2118 days ago
Global state? Please explain more.
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Perhaps they meant global consensus?
How is global consensus not global state?

What are we consensing on, if not a mutually agreeable set of facts (state) that we can use as a basis for future decisions?

If the answer is “nothing” then you by definition have a toy, not a tool.

I suspect they’re referring to how some blockchains (eg ethereum) are using sharing and lightning to scale