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So basically: "I do not have a comment at this time."

That's fine and all. But not very newsworthy.

Except he did make a comment, although not a concrete one:

> However, it is good to note that in my initial review, I believe the paper’s assertion of a fundamental flaw is based on some over-simplified assumptions about how the bitcoin mining market works.

Not playing by the rules as stated in the paper, can result in greater than expected return. It can also return less than expected, and on average you gain the most by being a well behaved mining node.

Yeah, fair enough. I just went into the post expecting less boilerplate.

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