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Yeah, but then they could be ordered to take it down. I think the idea is to be censorship resistant in such a way that the company itself cannot make exception
by blotter_paper 7y ago
Yeah, but then they could be ordered to take it down. I think the idea is to be censorship resistant in such a way that the company itself cannot make exceptions when pressured by a court, but I'm forgetting if that's me reading between the lines or if Dorsey explicitly talks about censorship resistance.
- a13n 7y agoWe've learned that you can't get around the law (eg. court orders) "because blockchain". The government has shown us that the law prevails.
- stale2002 7y agoBut it actually is being shown to work. When was the last time that a court successfully reversed a transaction on the Bitcoin Blockchain? The answer is never. Sure, they have sent court orders to companies, or whatever, but the blockchain itself has never been reversed by court order.
- iikoolpp 7y agoTelling the government "I know you've told me to take it down, but we specifically designed it in such a way that we can't take it down" sounds like an incredibly good legal strategy that will definitely not backfire.
- blotter_paper 7y agoSo far, the "we can't do that" defense has worked for companies that provide E2E encryption. The government may change the rules, of course; they keep talking about it.
- aeturnum 7y agoI guarantee you that if you tell a judge you can't take something down "because you use blockchain" the judge will not care and just sanction your company. To the degree that you provide a service the courts can order you not to provide it. If you've built something which makes it necessary to remove all content to remove any content, that's on you.