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You could make hosting and distribution of the code a prohibited act. Wanna still host that Blockchain if it can get you arrested? Just cus it lives as code doe

You could make hosting and distribution of the code a prohibited act. Wanna still host that Blockchain if it can get you arrested? Just cus it lives as code doesn't mean someone or some group isn't responsible for distributing it.

aliqot 4y ago
Now do the same, but with DNS records.
echelon 4y ago
> You could make hosting and distribution of the code a prohibited act. Wanna still host that Blockchain if it can get you arrested? And there goes the blockchain. I'm shocked it hasn't happened already given the fact that many popular blockchains allegedly host illegal images in the transaction metadata. That's all the FBI needs. The only reason I can imagine is that blockchain and crypto are still useful to people in certain positions. Exfiltrating money from foreign regimes, etc.
- hnthrow1010 4y ago
  >Exfiltrating money from foreign regimes, etc. Crypto isn't useful for that. The thing that's actually useful for that is the illegal, unregulated exchange that's making the trade. It doesn't matter what currency they trade it for, it could be anything else besides crypto tokens. Crypto actually just adds extra unnecessary steps because the end goal is almost always to get it back out in another local currency. Unless you plan to get the money and then only spend it on NFTs.
- survirtual 4y ago
  If you ban something that can’t be banned and, surprise, people keep using the unbannable thing, it makes you look very very weak as a governance org. That perception of weakness is significantly more costly than the existence of the target, especially when you can just control human minds via saying things like “look at how much energy it uses and it does nothing at all!” — and most people will believe it!
- harambae 4y ago
  https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47130268 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47130268 For anyone who isn't familiar with that story (maybe there are other cases, I'm not sure) Seems more like (a very dark form of) trolling
survirtual 4y ago
On another note, restricting code like this is a terrible precedent. I believe code is part of free speech, but in many respects, even more sacred — like mathematics.

aliqot 4y ago

Now do the same, but with DNS records.

echelon 4y ago

> You could make hosting and distribution of the code a prohibited act. Wanna still host that Blockchain if it can get you arrested? And there goes the blockchain. I'm shocked it hasn't happened already given the fact that many popular blockchains allegedly host illegal images in the transaction metadata. That's all the FBI needs. The only reason I can imagine is that blockchain and crypto are still useful to people in certain positions. Exfiltrating money from foreign regimes, etc.

hnthrow1010 4y ago
>Exfiltrating money from foreign regimes, etc. Crypto isn't useful for that. The thing that's actually useful for that is the illegal, unregulated exchange that's making the trade. It doesn't matter what currency they trade it for, it could be anything else besides crypto tokens. Crypto actually just adds extra unnecessary steps because the end goal is almost always to get it back out in another local currency. Unless you plan to get the money and then only spend it on NFTs.
survirtual 4y ago
If you ban something that can’t be banned and, surprise, people keep using the unbannable thing, it makes you look very very weak as a governance org. That perception of weakness is significantly more costly than the existence of the target, especially when you can just control human minds via saying things like “look at how much energy it uses and it does nothing at all!” — and most people will believe it!
harambae 4y ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47130268 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47130268 For anyone who isn't familiar with that story (maybe there are other cases, I'm not sure) Seems more like (a very dark form of) trolling

survirtual 4y ago

On another note, restricting code like this is a terrible precedent. I believe code is part of free speech, but in many respects, even more sacred — like mathematics.