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A Note On Charity Through Marginal Price Discrimination

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Time Stamp: February 2, 2024 11:16 AM - Modified On: February 2, 2024 - Published By:
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Vitalik Buterin via the Vitalik Buterin Blog Updated 2018-07-28. See end note. The following is an interesting idea that I had two years ago that I personally believe has promise and could be easily implemented in the context of a blockchain ecosystem, though if desired it could certainly also be implemented with more traditional technologies (blockchains would help get the scheme network effects by putting the core logic on a more neutral platform). Suppose that you are a restaurant selling sandwiches, and you ordinarily sell sandwiches for $7.50. Why did

[Mirror] A Proof of Stake Design Philosophy

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Time Stamp: February 2, 2024 10:55 AM - Modified On: February 2, 2024 - Published By:
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Vitalik Buterin via the Vitalik Buterin Blog This is a mirror of the post at https://medium.com/@VitalikButerin/a-proof-of-stake-design-philosophy-506585978d51 Systems like Ethereum (and Bitcoin, and NXT, and Bitshares, etc) are a fundamentally new class of cryptoeconomic organisms — decentralized, jurisdictionless entities that exist entirely in cyberspace, maintained by a combination of cryptography, economics and social consensus. They are kind of like BitTorrent, but they are also not like BitTorrent, as BitTorrent has no concept of state — a distinction that turns out to be crucially important. They are sometimes described as decentralized autonomous

Mainnet Update

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Time Stamp: September 2, 2022 1:30 PM - Modified On: September 2, 2022 - Published By:
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One of the silver linings, indeed perhaps the only silver lining, from the bear market disasters of the past few months has been the opportunity it afforded the Paribus development team to deploy our MVP via testnet. Even this however wasn’t free from challenges, so in this article, we dive a little deeper into what the next few weeks and months hold for Paribus. Our primary focus is to be able to transition from the testnet to the mainnet, but at the same time, we’ve also been limited by some

Why is it worth following the trends in the gambling industry?

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Time Stamp: May 9, 2022 1:47 PM - Modified On: February 26, 2024 - Published By:
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Gambling is not really a new thing, but it has changed a lot over the years. Today, gambling is largely done online, which has also had a great impact on the entire industry. The industry today has the same trends just like any other industry. But why are these trends also interesting to those who do not necessarily have anything to do with the gambling industry? There are of course many different reasons for this, as you will soon discover. So let's find out why following these trends can be