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Old 04-07-2011, 07:17 AM  
Zyber
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Originally Posted by Lint View Post
Thanks. Very interesting.

After reading this I no longer think the system integrity will get worse over time.

Then it is only the single-point-of-failures which could cause trouble later on.
If someone blocks port 8333, takes over those the IRC chat rooms, replaces the DNS records for bitcoin.org, or the actual server, etc.

A chargeback free payment system like this could be interesting

Which system will win, the old banking system backed by weapons, or this new one backed by cryptography? Time will show..
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