Considering the pre-mine, was it ever really proof of work?
Proof of startup capital straight to proof of stake, with a few college years experimenting with hashing in between to do the centrally coordinated dance of decentralization.
vinisten
npub1kf…du7z9
2025-04-25 19:16:30
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