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How would one test the impact on the Lightning Network of a network split on the base layer?
How would one test the impact on the Lightning Network of a network split on the base layer (the blockchain progressing on two separate branches with each branch unaware of the other competing branch)?...
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What happens to the bitcoin network when the miners all stop in the future?
What happens to the bitcoin network when the miners all stop, years in the future after all the bitcoins have been mined? How will the network continue to function? Won't bitcoins then be useless? ...
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What happens if a monopoly grows in Bitcoin mining and payment processing?
What happens if a monopoly grows in Bitcoin mining and payment processing? Here is a scenario that I have been thinking about. Some big corporation, like the Bank of Amerika, decides that Bitcoin is ...
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What security features are built in to the standard Bitcoin software?
I have read much of the Bitcoin algorithm and its encryption basis, however little has been said of the software's inherent security.
What solutions are already built in to the software, and what is ...
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