@Bitcoin_Woods@swaaalla there's a third ball, out of frame because it's too large: it's entitled "simple-minded 'do nothing' solutions to complex/chaotic/ fat tail problems that simpletons find hard to imagine/pre-figure/model"
@jimmysong their memes will invade your brain as you say unless your internal mental consensus algorithm is strong enough to detect them as malicious blocks and orphan them
@amasad 1/ you sit at a keyboard, type in a very specific sequence of characters, and it turns out that it (your codebase/app/program) solves a very specific problem/produces a very unique outcome. Kinda like how your genes produce/specify you, uniquely.
If you can name > 33% of who your miners/validators/block producers are, then sorry, your have missed the point of blockchain, and also, some police force, justice dept and/or regulator will soon knock on those doors. Congratulations on outing yourselves.
1/ Satoshi, 2009: "hey gang, here's a gift. Permissionless. Trust minimising. Uncensorable. Immutable. You're welcome."
Noobie users (non-crypto OG's): "I'd better check with my bank, my government, the SEC, the CTFC, the Fed, the IMF, Warren Buffet, Yellen, Roubini, ...
A blockchain is a ledger that proves exactly how early you were a crypto-faithful worshipper: each time you acquire coinz, that coinz' ledger/chain forever records your act. Years later, you will be able to prove your seniority claim in the ranks of crypto high priesthood.
Volatility is not a bug of crypto prices/markets: it is a feature. Worry if there is NO volatility. Lack of volatility = groupthink,convergence; means no-one has a different opinion. Wisdom of the crowds = mob rule; sometimes, the mob is slow on the uptake.
every Etherean should contribute some ETH towards a plasma/raiden torch fund so as to 'reward' Andrew Yang to wear the pink cap at the DNC debate later this year @YangGangFanClub#YangGang
QuadrigaCX's CEO takes privkeys to the grave. Henceforth: all coins deposited on all centralised crypto exchanges should similarly be considered as being burned and thus removed from circulatable supply. Long live true DEXes.