Are any bitcoins (or other coins) worth more than others based on their history? Eg is a silk road BTC worth more than a freshly mined BTC?
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The question makes no sense. "Bitcoins" do not retain identities as they move from address to address and mingle.
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There's an argument that bitcoins are not fungible due to their encoded tx histories. I'm curious if there's any empirical evidence of this
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He's saying there's no such thing as a "bitcoin", singular. It's continuous - if I send you 1 BTC, and you already have 1.5, you now have 2.5. You then spend .2....which "bitcoin" did you spend? Coins are not cardinal, therefore no history is possible per coin
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Maybe my sloppy parts of speech are confusing. Here's the argument: zerocash-project.org/q_and_a#why-do
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Yeah provenance is diff. I am skeptical this will be an issue. At some point if enough people don't care, all balances will be contaminated


