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by dale_glass 957 days ago
Yeah, I've messed with the stuff a bit in the past. I understand the technical details decently well.

I don't see any significant difference between Bitcoin and the rest. Bitcoin was just the first thing that stuck but that doesn't grant it any special privileges.
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krupan 957 days ago
If you can't figure out why Bitcoin stuck and the others didn't then maybe you should put a little more effort into understanding the differences. Or just respectfully stay out of these conversations maybe?
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dale_glass 955 days ago
> If you can't figure out why Bitcoin stuck and the others didn't then maybe you should put a little more effort into understanding the differences.

Yeah, inertia, social pressure, and economic incentives. For instance miners are into it for the money, so to them technology doesn't matter. A technologically superior network is of no use to a miner if mining for it makes less money.

> Or just respectfully stay out of these conversations maybe?

Nope.

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