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		sktrdie on Aug 10, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Plasma: Scalable Autonomous Smart Contracts Why is there never a shred of evidence in these blockchain-related papers? It all sounds like a cool idea, so why not test it and run the numbers?

imafish on Aug 10, 2017 | [–]

Because it takes too long, and everybody wants to get rich quick (or while they try to implement their idea).

Also, on bitcointalk it seems all you need is a whitepaper and a great(!) team (of 1 developer and hundred marketing strategists, financial directors and whatnot.)

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