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12 mentions on Hacker News by 11 people: 0 stories, 12 comments · first 2018-03-08 · latest 2023-08-09

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  1. …seeding by seconds since epoch, or nanoseconds since epoch truncated to 32 bits? Broken either way. https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/blob/a1b777f... const auto now = high_resolution_clock::now(); return…
    comment by mkj · 2023-08-09 · in Milk Sad Disclosure
  2. Some extra relevant links: https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/pull/559 The pull request adding the vulnerability, the lack of review or collaboration is worth noticing. The prior code was already dubious in that AFAIK…
    comment by nullc · 2023-08-09 · in Milk Sad Disclosure
  3. …be unseated. As such PoS systems are not censorship-resistant and the theory is therefore invalid. https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/wiki/Proof-o...
  4. …current banking monopoly is a bad thing? [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDGliHwstM8&t=490s [1] https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/wiki/Proof-o... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Network
  5. Here's some other articles on the problems with Ethereum: https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/wiki/Proof-o... https://hugonguyen.medium.com/proof-of-stake-the-wrong-engin... https://hugonguyen.medium.com/work-is-timeless-stake-i…
    comment by phase5 · 2021-08-11 · in The Problem with Ethereum
  6. …lasting store of value sans institutions, exchangeable pseudonymously over the internet, was. [1]: https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/wiki/Proof-o... [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26810619
    comment by atweiden · 2021-06-06 · in Unstoppable Code?
  7. https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/wiki/Proof-o... https://standardcrypto.wordpress.com/2021/03/31/the-censorsh... ETH is competing against USD, not against BTC. Bitcoin is competing against gold. Different races. different…
  8. …is not possible in a PoS system, as the censor has acquired majority stake and cannot be unseated. https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/wiki/Proof-o...
  9. …bit more in depth, cryptoeconomics Proof of Work fallacy is a great resource by Eric Voskuil. Link: https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/wiki/Proof-o... .
  10. …Bitcoin is built upon. If you think it is not possible, then Bitcoin cannot make sense to you. https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin/wiki/Axiom-of-Resis...
    comment by alcio · 2018-06-23 · in “They’ll Just Make It Illegal”
  11. …a dual AGPL/commercial license seems perfect for things like databases. Mongo uses it IIRC. [1] https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin/blob/master/COPYING
  12. The Energy Waste Fallacy: https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin/wiki/Energy-Waste-F...