On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Peter Todd <p...@petertodd.org> wrote: > I suggested the mechanism myself for slightly different reasons, and if > you know me, you'd know I'm the first to jump on anyone pushing > centralization.
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