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Some replies are responding to the title as if the author literally meant "living organisms". Instead, I think it's clear that the author is speaking of an int
by jasode 9y ago
Some replies are responding to the title as if the author literally meant "living organisms".
Instead, I think it's clear that the author is speaking of an interesting metaphor.
It's similar to how we might talk about all the various Javscript libraries and framework flavor-of-the-month as a sort of "Darwinism" and "natural selection". E.g. it's a marketplace of coding ideas and the ones with staying power demonstrate "survival of the fittest".
Or to write about all the worldwide computers executing high frequency trades on the stock exchanges as an emergent "super-organism".
- lvoudour 9y agoHe describes phenomena that apply to every market ever (not to mention simple control loops). How are blockchains any different?
- raulk 9y agoIs there something wrong with engaging in the mental exercise of mapping these phenomena in one context? In this case: Blockchains?
- lvoudour 9y agoIt's far fetched, there's a broad spectrum of systems one can fit the same metaphor to, and like those systems it offers no insight about them. What is the conclusion and what does it mean for blockchains? What is the benefit of modeling a blockchain as a living organism?