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mikeash on Aug 24, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hidden surprises in the Bitcoin blockchain and how...

This comment seems to simultaneously assume that Bitcoin will last forever and that Bitcoin can be seriously harmed by a few individuals. These two ideas seem to me to be fundamentally incompatible.

wyager on Aug 24, 2014 [–]

>seriously harmed by a few individuals.

It's not serious, but it's harm.

mikeash on Aug 24, 2014 | [–]

The way the comment is written makes it sound serious. If it's not serious then who cares?

wyager on Aug 24, 2014 | | [–]

> If it's not serious then who cares?

I care when a mosquito bites me. I also care when people pollute the blockchain.

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