• survirtual@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Bitcoin was publicly released with full code and no pre-mining. It could not be patented for this reason.

    The original creator is still unknown and has never moved their coins.

    This strategy is the way.

    • Mac@mander.xyz
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      2 days ago

      Yo.
      Thanks for curing me of my ignorance, i had no idea. I’m going to have to read more about this! I always thought crypto was cool in theory, unfortunate the state of its practice.

      • nomy@lemmy.zip
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        20 hours ago

        I’m kind of on the same page as you, as a concept it’s really cool but all the hype and techbros around it are a huge turn off.