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Re: What is the right and fair way to stop Mike Hearn?
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augustocroppo
on 26/01/2014, 17:35:34 UTC
Nope. Still not trust, only verification. There is no assumption of trust anywhere. Even in the case of a majority of nodes actively attacking, there is still no need to trust - the attack can be seen in quasi real time.

 Angry

So, what is up, bro? You were speaking about trust there, right? Now you are changed the subject to "only verification".

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Totally different issue. If I'm a simpleton I have to "take it on trust" that 5 + 7 is 12. That doesn't mean that mathematics is based on trust.

Bro, if you are a simpleton you are likely to trust an electronic device to tell you that 12 is really the result if 7 + 5.

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Let's take another look at your original statement:
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Unconditional trust is still required to form the P2P network. Each client have to trust each other in order to work.
False.

Wow, bro.

Much explanation.