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You don't get to make a forced change to Bitcoin's code unilaterally, the rest of the network has to accept the change.

by jstx1 5y ago

ben_w 5y ago
Uncle Sam: “Accept this change” Node: “No” Sam: *ICBM rolls out* (I’m not saying they would, I’m saying they could).
- jstx1 5y ago
  There isn't a single node to point to, it's a globally distributed network.
  - ben_w 5y ago
    And?
    - gizdan 5y ago
      So you think they'll send ballistic missiles throughout the whole world? Including China, Russia, UK, Germany, France? All of whom have nukes? Good luck with that.
      - ben_w 5y ago
        I very explicitly didn’t say they would. I’m saying they could, and implicitly that if America was so inclined it can menace basically anyone and any nation just by pointing at their massive collection of pointy things that hurt.
    - deleted 5y ago
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- BeFlatXIII 5y ago
  Hopefully the next step is that those coins were in another nation with their own ICBM stockpile so that we can end the whole humanity experiment once and for all.
- karaterobot 5y ago
  > (I’m not saying they would, I’m saying they could). I'm not a lawyer, but I'm skeptical that a judge's ruling could force Congress or the President to deploy intercontinental ballistic missiles. I don't think that's ever happened, and (as you say) this won't be the time it does.
  - ben_w 5y ago
    It’s a deliberately extreme example to show that one can force changes to anything if you have a big enough stick. I mean, Uncle Sam isn’t an actual person either.
- becuz99h 5y ago
  They can’t even literally over something so contrived. Little boys playing math games in a computer that isn’t directly controlling anything interesting doesn’t really matter to people who control ICBMs. Crypto gets headlines because politically connected people make money off it. As soon as that’s not true, crypto becomes worthless.
- jjk166 5y ago
  "Where's the giant Mansley?" [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42W9ZCn-M1g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42W9ZCn-M1g
- maccolgan 5y ago
  Yeah, US should actually start engaging in state sponsored terrorism and engage in piracy to make money, it'd be even more profitable than giving a total scammer 50B$ by deploying ICBMs all over the world.

You don't get to make a forced change to Bitcoin's code unilaterally, the rest of the network has to accept the change.

by jstx1 5y ago

You don't get to make a forced change to Bitcoin's code unilaterally, the rest of the network has to accept the change.

ben_w 5y ago

Uncle Sam: “Accept this change” Node: “No” Sam: *ICBM rolls out* (I’m not saying they would, I’m saying they could).

jstx1 5y ago
There isn't a single node to point to, it's a globally distributed network.
- ben_w 5y ago
  And?
  - gizdan 5y ago
    So you think they'll send ballistic missiles throughout the whole world? Including China, Russia, UK, Germany, France? All of whom have nukes? Good luck with that.
    - ben_w 5y ago
      I very explicitly didn’t say they would. I’m saying they could, and implicitly that if America was so inclined it can menace basically anyone and any nation just by pointing at their massive collection of pointy things that hurt.
  - deleted 5y ago
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BeFlatXIII 5y ago
Hopefully the next step is that those coins were in another nation with their own ICBM stockpile so that we can end the whole humanity experiment once and for all.
karaterobot 5y ago
> (I’m not saying they would, I’m saying they could). I'm not a lawyer, but I'm skeptical that a judge's ruling could force Congress or the President to deploy intercontinental ballistic missiles. I don't think that's ever happened, and (as you say) this won't be the time it does.
- ben_w 5y ago
  It’s a deliberately extreme example to show that one can force changes to anything if you have a big enough stick. I mean, Uncle Sam isn’t an actual person either.
becuz99h 5y ago
They can’t even literally over something so contrived. Little boys playing math games in a computer that isn’t directly controlling anything interesting doesn’t really matter to people who control ICBMs. Crypto gets headlines because politically connected people make money off it. As soon as that’s not true, crypto becomes worthless.
jjk166 5y ago
"Where's the giant Mansley?" [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42W9ZCn-M1g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42W9ZCn-M1g
maccolgan 5y ago
Yeah, US should actually start engaging in state sponsored terrorism and engage in piracy to make money, it'd be even more profitable than giving a total scammer 50B$ by deploying ICBMs all over the world.