The Ripple story
We look over the history of Ripple and examine various disputes between the founders. We then explore the technology behind Ripple & conclude that by default, Ripple.com's server has full control over the ledger
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Excellent as usual. I doubt there are any better reports circulating that match BitMEx's quality, even at the highest levels of government.
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Obviously you could very quickly form a coalition. But do you really think you’re the only one who could?
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This is a case where multiple efforts would be significantly better than just one. Remember, what you're trying to avoid is parties that are likely to collude against you.
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Awesome!
Then why not use a centralized database?
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That's kind of where this kind of logic always takes you. Why not pick a company to put transactions into blocks and pay them a million dollars a day (way less than miners make) and keep the ability to take that power away from them if they censor or DoS? 1/2
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It’s not every day. This discussion was dead for over a week until David resurrected it today for some reason.
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Sorry. I thought I saw several new tweets. I wonder if I just saw old ones because someone retweeted them or something.
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