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Comment · 9 years ago
>everyone will have to actively choose a side rather than the 'no' side getting all the non-active default votes

No, this just shifts the do-nothings from 'no' to 'yes', as they will have to actively create something that will let them stay with what they currently have. It is technically and morally dangerous because most people aren't technical enough to understand what they are being forced to accept.

Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago
No, they have neither. This is just a script to purchase an amount of bitcoin. It has to be run manually for each purchase. It is easier I think to just login to the exchange every day and make the purchase. Not sure why this is so high on HN.
Comment · 9 years ago
No, the difficulty can be adjusted at fork time so it doesn't matter. Literally anyone can fork.
Comment · 9 years ago
Unstoppable transaction is not a benefit.
Comment · 9 years ago
That is a disadvantage. You can shoot yourself in the foot with real money.
Comment · 9 years ago
That is not an advantage though.
Comment · 9 years ago
The price is lower and market less deep so it is easier to get rich by buying now.
Comment · 9 years ago
One Bitcoin is over $2000. How could someone dump everything into Bitcoin and lose the whole shebang?
Comment · 9 years ago
several? Really? Please link me other languages that compile to EVM bytecode.
Comment · 9 years ago
A very relevant rebuttal from page 91/92:

>Because you get really nice feedback. When you write a graphics algorithm, it draws a picture for you. While data can be re- warding in its own way, in general the human species is wired to re- spond much more strongly to visual things and things that have to be interpreted from symbols. So there’s something fundamental there why it’s a neat thing. But we do get to work on a whole lot of areas. I enjoy all aspects of it, but games have always been one place where there are challenging things and it has its own reward at the end, aside from the problem itself.

Comment · 9 years ago
You can use `also` instead of `let` to remove the last `it` line.

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