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June 19, 2011, 12:26:30 PM
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This blog post I found, http://paulbohm.com/bitcoin-decentralization/, is really well done.  It did two things for me.  It introduced me to the Byzantine General's Problem (which I now see is well known in the bitcoin community) and it argues really convincingly about what bitcoin's central strength is.
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Unlike traditional banking where clients have only a few account numbers, with Bitcoin people can create an unlimited number of accounts (addresses). This can be used to easily track payments, and it improves anonymity.
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June 19, 2011, 01:51:31 PM
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Yes. Agree. Spread the word.
My concern are pools, hence the text in my signature Wink
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June 19, 2011, 02:06:48 PM
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Yes, I think solo mining is cool.  Whenever I eventually finish building my mining rig, I'll be going solo.  I can handle the variance. Smiley
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Mining for good pools is as profitable as solo mining. Anything else would be a flaw in the system.

A big mining pool could have its own secret mining software, which could hash a little quicker. But that doesn't matter, the 50 % are not magical.
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