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samupaha (66)in #eos • 8 years ago
The next step for DPOS: Decentralized block producers
One of the most common criticisms against delegated proof of stake systems is the perceived lack of decentralization. 21 block producers (per round) might seem very low number…
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samupaha (66)in #mh17 • 8 years ago
Open-source intelligence proves how the Russian government is lying about MH17
Three years ago Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down in Ukraine, killing 298 passengers and crew members. Thanks to open source investigations, we can be quite sure who did…
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samupaha (66)in #utilitarian-voluntarism • 8 years ago
Utilitarian voluntarism vs. natural rights libertarianism
I haven't been following debates about philosophical differences of libertarian perspectives for years. Instead I've been trying to focus on stuff that is more practical and will…
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samupaha (66)in #steemit-marketing • 8 years ago
Critical look at the state of Steemit marketing
First of all I have to say that while I'm being very critical of the way how marketing of Steemit is done, I'm also thankful that at least something has been done: Steem Park…
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samupaha (66)in #tothemillion • 8 years ago
Next step in the history of Steem: to the million!
Before we get to the moon, we'll reach million transactions in a day in the Steem blockchain . That's the next huge step. It might not be far away, one peak in the usage of…
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samupaha (66)in #steem-marketing • 8 years ago
Get ready for Steem hitting million transactions per day!
Checking out @arcange's latest statistics , I noticed that the Steem blockchain is now processing over 700.000 transactions per day. That's already more than any other…
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samupaha (66)in #steemit • 8 years ago
Steemit is suffering from negative network effect
You might be familiar with the term network effect . Usually it refers to positive outcome when a service becomes more and more beneficial to everybody when new users join in.…
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samupaha (66)in #hf20 • 8 years ago
Thoughts and alternative proposal on HF20
We just got done with hardfork 19 and the next one is already in planning . While it's great to see developers being active, I have to say I'm not fully satisfied with the…
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samupaha (66)in #steem-marketing • 8 years ago
[steem-marketing] What's the state of Steem marketing?
Some of you might remember that a few months back Steemit Inc hired a VP of marketing. This was a long-waited event because the marketing of Steem/Steemit had been pretty much…
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samupaha (66)in #shiva-ayyadurai • 8 years ago
The man behind bogus lawsuit against Techdirt is running for Senate – how's that possible?
Usually I'm not surprised by politicians being horrible human beings and criminals. But this time I got a small WTF?!-feeling when I realized that Shiva Ayyadurai (aka V.A.…
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samupaha (66)in #steem-marketing • 8 years ago
[steem-marketing] Steem is the fastest and cheapest way to transfer value
One of the most underappreciated and undermarketed features of the Steem blockchain is the ability to make quick transfers. The blockchain has three second interval for blocks…
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samupaha (66)in #steemit • 8 years ago
Why Steemit doesn't let new users in?!
It seems that interest in Steemit has been steadily going up lately. That means there will be people who would like to create an account. But unfortunately that's not very easy…
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samupaha (66)in #steem-marketing • 8 years ago
[steem-marketing] Let's display some metrics to show how great Steem is
Recently I stumbled upon the Flippening Watch . It's a website that tracks how close Ethereum is taking over the number one cryptocurrency place from Bitcoin. We should…
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samupaha (66)in #blockchain-governance • 8 years ago
From reactive politics to proactive politics (in blockchain governance)
One thing that I like in Bitshares governance model is the committee. It's elected set of users who have power to change blockchain parameters. Although I have to admit it's…
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samupaha (66)in #bitcoin • 8 years ago
What if the price of bitcoin will hit $250,000?
I just happened to see an article in Cointelegraph which told about a prediction that bitcoin could go up to $250,000 by 2020. For some weird reason nobody seems to be…
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samupaha (66)in #scam • 8 years ago
With scammers it's better to be safe than sorry
While the case of Mogul game is pretty much closed now because Matt Trainer ragequit Steem, there seems to be still a few users who didn't like the witch hunt (for example…
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samupaha (66)in #scam • 8 years ago
WARNING, potential scam: "Mogul - Build Your Invisible Empire"
My scam detector went wild when I happened so see this announcement: Steemit-Based Reality Game Announced: $10 million prize pool 10 million dollar prize pool? Ok... Where…
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samupaha (66)in #podcast • 8 years ago
Podcast recommendation for blockchain entrepreneurs: Masters of Scale
A new podcast Masters of Scale is hosted by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. Only five episodes have been published so far so you can easily catch up everything. "Masters…
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samupaha (66)in #steem • 8 years ago
When can we have real language support in Steem?
This is a point I've been trying to raise several times: to have a good user experience with lots of different languages, users need to be able to define language of their posts…
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samupaha (66)in #blockchain-governance • 8 years ago
What's so great about decentralization, anyway?
I've been many times a little bit critical about decentralization fanatics who want to decentralize everything as soon as possible. Here are some quick thoughts about…
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