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awesome_dude
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Perpetual futures, explained
I mean, as soon as synchronisation is required in any system, block chain, distributed SAAS, even Peer to Peer sharing, decentralisation fails hard
That's one of the sticking points I have with the /idea/ of the technology
immibis
6 hours ago
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Ethereum and similar chains run arbitrary computation on-chain. You can make a futures exchange on Ethereum (or Solana, etc). However, the fees for doing so are very large, and confirmation times are very long, like any other on-chain transaction.
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That's one of the sticking points I have with the /idea/ of the technology