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>if you want me to enumerate all the use cases that aren't criminal I can. Could you start with one? And I mean one that is obviously superior to centralized s
by beefield 8y ago
>if you want me to enumerate all the use cases that aren't criminal I can.
Could you start with one? And I mean one that is obviously superior to centralized solutions? What are the measures that make blockchain superior in this use case and why a centralized solution can't achieve those measures? Why the tradeoffs in other measures are insignificant? Let's further assume that decentralization itself is not an acceptable measure.
- stale2002 8y agoDo you think that TOR is useless then? Do you not see the value of censorship resistance? There are billions of people in the world currently living under repressive governments. The world does not revolve around the western world with all of our privileged freedoms.
- beefield 8y agoI already accepted that blockchain offers value in criminal money transfers. Obviously censorship resistance is criminal in repressive regimes. It just is a bit difficult in western world to sell a product whose only actual value proposition is criminal money transfer.
- icelancer 8y agoI think if you were the target (or initiator) of legal actions that don't involve criminality on your end but do involve discovery, you would think a lot differently about pseudonymous payments, and potentially encrypted communications. Speaking as someone involved in three active civil lawsuits, trust me when I say criminality is not the only reason to hide things. Being subjected to the discovery process where adversaries can uncover things about your personal life is an experience that will change most peoples' feelings about all things privacy.