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blog-dshr-org-2866		DSHR's Blog: Blockchain: What's Not To Like?			.html	text/html	14123	1126	72	These proposals typically assume, despite the evidence, that real-world blockchain implementations actually deliver the theoretical attributes of decentralization, immutability, anonymity, security, scalability, sustainability, lack of trust, etc. In practice the security of a blockchain depends not merely on the security of the protocol itself, but on the security of the core software and the wallets and exchanges used to store and trade its cryptocurrency. While federal prosecutors opened a broad criminal probe into cryptocurrencies months ago, they've recently homed in on suspicions that a tangled web involving Bitcoin, Tether and crypto exchange Bitfinex might have been used to illegally move prices, said three people familiar with the matter. But one need only consider the massive centralization of power among cryptocurrency "miners," exchanges, developers, and wealth holders to see that blockchain is not about decentralization and democracy; it is about greed."	./cache/blog-dshr-org-2866.html	./txt/blog-dshr-org-2866.txt