Sentences with phrase «time at a predictable rate»

«This BIP proposes replacing the fixed one - megabyte maximum block size with a maximum size that grows over time at a predictable rate.»

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Because of the way the global supply of Bitcoins is artificially limited (it grows at a predictable rate until there are 21 million and then stops), Cohen argues that the entire process is designed to enrich early adopters — many of whom seem to spend a lot of time obsessively checking the value of their Bitcoins on exchanges such as Mt. Gox.

some of you atheists are still talking... I can hear you... the little patter of your heart as it increases in rate because you are so ticked off at those mean «ol believers whom you hate so much you just have to put all your time into the CNN posts dealing with faith and God... You are so predictable... blather on without me though, I have to go get my sons from practice, so you will have to spew your hate on those left behind... Merry Christmas!

He simply could not understand how fossils could be dated and was just positive that man ate all the dinosaurs, and no matter how hard I tried to explain how sediment layers build up at consistent rates, how radio carbon decays at a predictable rate, how fossils form and why we know this, nothing I told him could convince him that T - rexs did not run the earth in the «time of Adam and Eve».

A tree can be said to have a definite position in time and space, and a rock dropped from a window will fall at a predictable rate to a predictable spot on the ground.

In fact, changes due to mutations in the mitochondrial DNA over time can be used to distinguish groups and also to estimate the amount of time that has passed since two individuals shared a common ancestor, as these mutations occur at predictable rates.

Since the beating of these cilia slows at a predictable rate, forensic teams should be able to estimate time of death more accurately.

As a predictable consequence: Canadians have never owed as much money, and debt continues to grow at three times the inflation rate.

But a carbon tax that increases over time at a persistent and predictable rate would minimize the expected economic cost of achieving any climate target (targets that depend, given the way the climate system works, on cumulative emissions over many decades).

The Value Of The Fund Will Increase Over Time — When you put aside funds in advance, the death benefit will increase at a predictable rate of growth, just like a savings account.

Correction: This article was amended to clarify that, while bitcoin's algorithm makes the supply of bitcoins predictable, the rate at which they are distributed reduces over time.

Each day thereafter, new MTN tokens will be sold in a DPA at the rate that is the greater of 2,880 MTN per day, or an annual rate equal to 2.0000 % of the then outstanding supply per year, providing a predictable supply over time.

«But boomers also have enough mortgage experience to have uncovered one of the secrets to saving money — they know that variable rates often bring significant savings in interest costs over the course of a mortgage, while at the same time offering the certainty of predictable payments.»