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"Destabilizing Nation-states with Math", ha, one of the most insightful summaries of cryptocurrencies I have seen.
by phyller 9y ago
"Destabilizing Nation-states with Math", ha, one of the most insightful summaries of cryptocurrencies I have seen.
- ktta 9y agoHuh. Looks like it can be applied to a bunch of other innovations too. "Destabilizing Nation-states with Biology" - Bio weapins "Destabilizing Nation-states with Nuclear Physics" - N-bomb
- bufferoverflow 9y agoThose were state controlled. The scary thing is, we're quickly approaching the time when bioweapons can be made cheaply and by non-biologists.
- derefr 9y agoNuclear weapons could have ended up made by non-state actors (e.g. the average corporation) cheaply enough for a long time now; the state(s) just made sure to get an early lock on publications about uranium enrichment processes, before any of the really good ones became public knowledge.
- nayuki 9y ago"Destabilizing nation-states with beliefs" - see politics, religion.
- alexasmyths 9y agoSo which states exactly are destabilized with crypto-currencies and blockchain? Etc?
- philipwhiuk 9y agoMaths isn't destabilizing nation states. Even if Bitcoin were, it would be good old financial capitalism doing it, not crypto purists and weed buyers.