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> This is why we need a robust crypto system. I don't think the need to be able to buy DDoS without getting caught is the most compelling argument. Do you thi
by mlyle 4y ago
> This is why we need a robust crypto system.
I don't think the need to be able to buy DDoS without getting caught is the most compelling argument. Do you think being able to packet people is a social good?
- autoexec 4y agoIt's been used by hacktivists before, although people can already pay with bitcoin or other anonymous forms of payment anyway, so even if you accept the DoS as a valid form of protest (and I'm not sold on that personally) we don't really need any new crypto system
- GauntletWizard 4y agoOrganic, home-grown DDOS attacks with dozens to thousands of people using home-internet grade connection, such as the infamous 4-chan LOIC, can reasonably be compared to a form of protest. Loudly blocking the way into a business is pretty common among strikers. For profit DDOS attacks using significantly stolen bandwidth from compromised machines are clearly a different thing entirely. Where you draw the line between them is a discussion topic.
- KyeRussell 4y agoGod. LOIC. I haven’t heard that in a while.
- jkepler 4y agoBitcoin isn't anonymous, its pseudonymous. Unless one is extremely careful and takes a number of secondary steps, bitcoin won't protect your identity.
- psychphysic 4y agoI don't want my personal morals to control what others can pay for. The current system of thought is to make it harder for Peter to buy a coffee in the morning to try and stop Paul from paying for DDOS traffic. Decouple it the way that WhatsApp decoupled itself from the problem of three letter agencies wanting to know message contents with E2EE. As it stands, if some hedge fund doesn't like your product it can pressure VISA to stop letting people to buy it. And that's it game over. It doesn't need to be legally wrong, or even morally wrong. Just don't what some rich dude wants going on.
- himinlomax 4y ago> I don't want my personal morals to control what others can pay for. You don't want your personal morals to prevent others from paying for child prostitutes, hitmen, nerve gas, fissile material or smallpox samples?
- psychphysic 4y agoUnless you're planning to personally oversee every transaction in cash, gold, diamonds, sea shells. It's a false equivalency. Major banks have been found to actively facilitate all those things. So why not have a convenient currency in crypto and just use law enforcement to enforce the law!