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> "in countries where the laws don't matter" Race-to-the-bottom thinking, poor ethical reasoning, and just an excuse to engage in behavior frowned upon by the
by jkoberg 7y ago
> "in countries where the laws don't matter"
Race-to-the-bottom thinking, poor ethical reasoning, and just an excuse to engage in behavior frowned upon by the community.
> "In case of emergency it would be allowed to make financial transactions and/or send encrypted messages."
HAHAH no. "Emergency" is clearly defined and doesn't mean "can't reach my ATM". Executing your bitcoin transaction does not save life or limb.
- RandallBrown 7y agoHe's saying that executing a bitcoin transaction could save life or limb, which justifies bending/breaking the rules to develop the technology to do it.
- dang 7y agoWould you mind reviewing the site guidelines and refraining from flamewar-style comments here? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html