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hnarn on March 29, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: OpenBazaar 2.0, powered by IPFS

It's also borderline an unsolvable problem, because how do you identify "legitimate" customers in an anonymous de-centralized system, when it's even too complicated to achieve in a centralized system?

heavenlyblue on March 30, 2018 [–]

Assign a cost of creating a single anonymous identity: you've got to send xx amount of bitcoin to an unspendable address.

jononor on March 31, 2018 | [–]

That is somewhat analogous to proof of stake, I guess?

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