I hate that we use the dollar as a reference point, even though it is the reserve currency it isn't a static or stable entity wrt. to other currencies, commodities, etc. Thus any notation of true stability

Depends on what you are working with. Javascript is nice for working with HTML's document object model, but isn't as strong in other domains. Python is better for data science / processing / modeling.

No, I keep getting more bearish. I haven't really found a fix to that yet. 2017 must have really gotten to me.

Decentralization is a spectrum

Not only are we ahead on the "get paid to work/play" arena, but also we are ahead on governance, leadership, and directional issues that arise in the face of decentralized disorganization. Hive

The point of a lockup period in blockchain that uses staking as a security mechanism is to punish stakers that engage with the blockchain in non-value adding ways. A shorter lockup period is just conceding

You know what they say... the market can stay irrational longer than your model can stay intact 😂

Maybe your doubling curve looks better if you normalize it by the increase in the USD money supply. The decline of USD has been more aggressive in the past year than say 2014-2017. Just looking at potential

Bought the dip at 31.6k. If it goes up, I'm good. If it goes down, I get a better price to buy more. While gambling sounds exciting, haven't really lost anything but a little patience with the only accumulate

I agree. Also prevents Layer 1 bloat which should prevent chain size and chain growth from becoming issues that lead towards node centralization. Also depending on how further layers are organized applications

At a certain point you realize, "Oh shit! I might need to start over from scratch if I want to scale up much bigger than this... yikes!" Welcome to programming. The eternal dilemma in programming.

Semantic functionality is indeed the important distinction of the original Web 3.0 idea, but a web of independent databases that contain different states from each other is much richer than a web of the

Data ownership is about access and privacy. So, a user having the power to share their data in different ways. Maybe they share only with a group of trusted friends via encrypted messages. Maybe they share

You wouldn't rollback HF23, you would restart the chain running Steem 22.X and use that as a starting point. The blockchain isn't being roll-backed, it would be resumed at the point where the alternative

(Addressing Cross-Post Article) You could always "pay" to use the blockchain. This solves the demand and spam issues concurrently, but probably isn't popular with a cryptocurrency token that

Except that it would require the chain to do the unthinkable and forget about witnesses, forget about the rule set that defines the state, and to simply be recompiled by a rogue element that having neither

The coins are still there on the database. Just fork Steem from right before the 23.0 fork and everybody can get their coins back. That new fork would be the legitimate chain, but I don't see anyone putting

Do you think Steem HF23 is theft? No, but Steem 23 is a inefficient, insecure database. The real question is when Hive wants to stop being one as well.

I guess I'm being milked 😀

ETH is much less secure than BTC. ETH has a larger attack surface and has less hash power behind it. If it can manage to fulfill it's vision and is able to innovate through sharding and scalable blockchains,