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diff --git a/doc/paper/taler_FC2016.txt b/doc/paper/taler_FC2016.txt index 743aab0e7..d84e2ce05 100644 --- a/doc/paper/taler_FC2016.txt +++ b/doc/paper/taler_FC2016.txt @@ -118,7 +118,11 @@ is less a currency and more an open protocol for creating new currencies. So what? And why do altcoins become a ponzi scheme? (Noting that you do not say that they might become one, rather that they do). -> JEFF: want to add your Ponzi reference here? +> We have adjusted that langauge, as some like Dogecoin have removed +> the 21 billion BTC cap to reduce the ponzi-like tendencies. +> There remains a large trend towards ponzi schemes in the altcoin +> world however, amusingly noted by https://ponzico.win/ and +> https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1zzzq0/ponzicoin_operator_steals_money_investors_get/ [2.2] How does Taler avoid Chaum’s patent on his blind signature scheme? It seems to be built on it. (Could you use Lucre instead?) (Or is it |