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@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ Monero did OK, because it is the leading privacy coin. It has a niche, but
cannot break out of the not very large niche. Because its privacy mechanism means it is cannot break out of the not very large niche. Because its privacy mechanism means it is
a worse Bitcoin than Bitcoin in other respects. a worse Bitcoin than Bitcoin in other respects.
And the cold start problem means we cannot directly take over that niche either. And the cold start problem means we cannot directly take over Monero's niche either.
But our proposed privacy mechanism means we have a tech advantage over both But our proposed privacy mechanism means we have a tech advantage over both
Bitcoin and Monero - better contract capability than Bitcoin or Ether, because Bitcoin and Monero - better contract capability than Bitcoin or Ether, because
@ -975,10 +975,25 @@ with a costly proof of fulfillment, and without revealing everything to the
network, and without the rest of the network needing to know what that there was network, and without the rest of the network needing to know what that there was
a contract, what that contract is nor to be able to evaluate it. a contract, what that contract is nor to be able to evaluate it.
Because of its privacy mechanism, Because of its privacy mechanism,
Monero cannot do contracts, which prevents atomic exchange between Monero Monero cannot do contracts, which prevents atomic exchange between Monero
and Bitcoin, and prevents Monero from doing a lightning network that would and Bitcoin, and prevents Monero from doing a lightning network that would
enable fast atomic exchange between itself and Bitcoin lightning. enable fast atomic exchange between itself and Bitcoin lightning.
In order to do atomic exchanges between two blockchains, which is to say,
to enable people to move value between one blockchain and another without
registering for Know Your Customer, have to have contracts on the blockchain.
In order to provide DeFi markets for the exchange of fiat for crypto currency,
have to have contracts on the blockchain.
In order to have a lightning network, have to have contracts on the blockchain.
To compete, have provide people with an off ramp and on ramp to bitcoin,
in the expectation that there will in due course the off ramp will be
a whole lot busier than the on ramp. If no contracts on the blockchain, no ramp,
making it a whole lot harder to solve Metcalfe’s law and the cold start problem.
So if we get a niche, get differentiation from Monero and Bitcoin, So if we get a niche, get differentiation from Monero and Bitcoin,
we can then break out of that niche and eat Monero, being a better we can then break out of that niche and eat Monero, being a better
privacy coin, a better Monero, and from the Monero niche eat Bitcoin, privacy coin, a better Monero, and from the Monero niche eat Bitcoin,

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@ -262,24 +262,7 @@ that the ones used to sort and identify things are always
positive in practice, and one may consider a utf positive in practice, and one may consider a utf
string to be a very long Dewey decimal sequence. string to be a very long Dewey decimal sequence.
### SQL blobs.
In order for blobs in a database representing bitfields to sort
correctly, we do not use seven bit nibbles, but eight bit bytes,
with a final byte representing zero to seven bits as an eight bit byte.
For this we use the mapping:
Where if\
$j$ is the bitfield interpreted as a number\
$m$ is the length of the bitfield\
$c$ is a count of the set bits in the bitfield
The value of the eight bit field is:\
$j*(2^{(7-m)}-1)+c$
The difference is that blob is preceded by a count field
that is not used in the sort order, which is tricky to
do in a Merkle-patricia tree representing an sql index.
## Use case ## Use case