CryptoQuikRead_113 - The Dawn of Trustworthy Computing [Nick Szabo]

July 17, 2018 00:28:54
CryptoQuikRead_113 - The Dawn of Trustworthy Computing [Nick Szabo]
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CryptoQuikRead_113 - The Dawn of Trustworthy Computing [Nick Szabo]

Jul 17 2018 | 00:28:54

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Show Notes

“It's actually the protocol (Nakamoto consensus, which is highly distributed) combined with strong cryptography, rather than just decentralization per se, that is the source of the far higher reliability and and much lower vulnerability of block chains.” - @NickSzabo4

Check out Szabo’s incredible blog, Unenumerated, at:
https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-dawn-of-trustworthy-computing.html

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