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That's a strange argument. Them not being directly controlled by governments doesn't mean that they exist in a vacuum. At the end of the day, it's people creat
by asymmetric 9y ago
That's a strange argument.
Them not being directly controlled by governments doesn't mean that they exist in a vacuum. At the end of the day, it's people creating/buying/selling them, so obviously they're affected by: governments, natural disasters, wars, ...
- acdha 9y agoThat’s true but this was a standard point of bitcoin marketing for years, and a big reason why it was popular in libertarian circles. It was never true but a lot of people wanted to believe — basically the economic equivalent of the guys who think using strong encryption on their data means that a government will give up.
- krapp 9y ago> basically the economic equivalent of the guys who think using strong encryption on their data means that a government will give up. Or Batman dressing like a bat because "criminals are a superstitious and cowardly lot."