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Given the comment I was responding to, I was assuming that only a ban would be attempted on the environmentally unfriendly cryptos. How would you propose to ba
by selestify 5y ago
Given the comment I was responding to, I was assuming that only a ban would be attempted on the environmentally unfriendly cryptos.
How would you propose to ban all cryptos? We haven't even been able to ban torrents.
- omarfarooq 5y agoI believe it is possible to ban them, with a combination of multinational regulation and technical coordination with ISPs. Not easy nor even likely. ISPs could simply run honeypots that in real time sniff out who is running a blockchain node and block traffic to those IPs. These nodes must broadcast publicly to other nodes to even function, so they can't hide the fact that they are a blockchain node: they are forced to peer with whoever else is... peering in the same direction, pun intended. I'd love to know what gaps in my knowledge invalidate the above thesis, though.
- selestify 5y agoIs the same not true of torrents?
- omarfarooq 5y agoThe difference being that torrents only have ISPs sending out DMCA notices for violators, not shutting off their internet.
- selestify 5y agoWell okay, I mean if you go all out North Korea, I suppose it's possible to ban crypto in your country.
- omarfarooq 5y agoSo we're agreed it is technically possible. Technically as in code.