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x2f10 on Feb 18, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: A faster, more efficient cryptocurrency

Q: How erosive is it to the image of cryptocurrencies that there's so many coins? It seems that every week there's a new coin that does XYZ better. Often, it has no infrastructure (hardware or software) other than a limited number of exchanges that are used as speculation.

throwaway415415 on Feb 18, 2019 [–]

Is that really a good question to ask someone who is pushing the state of the art in this domain?

x2f10 on Feb 18, 2019 | [–]

Yes - isn't that obvious? You need infrastructure to use a 'state of the art' currency as a medium of exchange.

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