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It seems harsh to downmod this, I don't think it's a troll? Auroracoin was a new coin technically independent of all the others, with its own blockchain. That was the problem - there wasn't enough mining power to secure its blockchain. In this case, these are just normal Bitcoins - secured by the enormous hashing power of that blockchain.



Ah, I misunderstood - I thought they were getting their own coin. If it's just bitcoins then it's not an issue.




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