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		true_religion on Feb 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Iota cryptocurrency shuts down entire network afte... The codebase doesn't require a central authority, but in practice all keys for top level auth are held by the same entity.

bawolff on Feb 18, 2020 [–]

Sort of like how society doesn't require me to not be a billionaire, but in practise i'm not a billionaire.

Code not deployed and probably never tested (perhaps never even worked) does not count.

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