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Arguably, the technology is much more complex and slow moving because it has to store value instead of just random bits.

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> Arguably, the technology is much more complex and slow moving because it has to store value instead of just random bits.

What does this even mean? Writing ones is faster than writing random integers?

Think they mean you can't easily swap out the code and iterate, as the current chain is the "value" so any update has to be widely accepted and heavily tested to not taint that value.

It's much harder to fix a jet engine in flight than on the ground.

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