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> but I will say that I've read both the Bitcoin and Ethereum whitepaper and there's nothing about grievances of traditional governments usage of printing of th
by rawtxapp 6y ago
> but I will say that I've read both the Bitcoin and Ethereum whitepaper and there's nothing about grievances of traditional governments usage of printing of their currencies
From Bitcoin's genesis block: "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks".
- eyeball 6y agoPerfect rebuttal to those saying the “store of value” is a pivot after it failed as digital cash. (And maybe it hasn’t failed yet)
- endisneigh 6y agoI’m not really sure what your point is? The block was created on the that date, that had that title. It’s a complete coincidence. Again if that was an explicit goal it would be in the white paper.
- gazzini 6y agoThis is the first time I’ve ever heard anyone suggest this was a coincidence. You might actually be correct — I personally doubt it, but it’s a funny thought... to think that we all just over-indexed on this trivial detail.