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Understanding Economies of Scale

Digiconomist July 7, 2014 Economics

Economies of scale are an important concept in Proof of Work (PoW) mining.

A 51% attack: the sum of all fears?

Digiconomist June 16, 2014 Economics

Recently multiple cryptocurrencies have faced increasing risks of a so-called 51 percent attack.

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It is well known that replacing the energy intensive mining mechanism in cryptocurrencies can make them significantly more sustainable, but it has also been argued this can make them less decentralized/secure. Digiconomist now features a new deep dive to examine this argument:

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Bitcoin has failed to become a global decentralised digital currency, instead falling victim to fraud and manipulation.

The recent approval of an ETF doesn’t change the fact that Bitcoin is costly, slow and inconvenient, argues #TheECBBlog

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