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by CryptoPunk 1912 days ago
Not really as Ethereum is a public ledger, with copies of the full transaction history distributed across thousands of computers around the world, so any malfunctions can be easily identified and fixed.
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postalrat 1911 days ago
If consensus was so easy we wouldn't need a blockchain or mining.
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CryptoPunk 1911 days ago
It's because Ethereum uses a blockchain and mining that there are thousands of computers with identical copies of the transaction history.
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