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> trustless programmable currency divorced from the economic levers and dials of world governments https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2018/04/05/debunking-bu
by chx 3y ago
> trustless programmable currency divorced from the economic levers and dials of world governments
https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2018/04/05/debunking-but-bitcoin-is-like-the-early-internet/ https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2018/04/05/debunking-bu...
> Ordinary person: “Your weird Internet money sucks to use. It’s slow and expensive. I lost my coins by mistake and it can’t be fixed. If I get hacked it can’t be fixed either.”
> Bitcoin advocate: “But everyone wants [list of ideological aims held only by weird people]! Everyone I know, anyway.”
- idiotsecant 3y agoCall me weird, I guess. But the fact remains that ledgers are open to anyone, one can easily see it being used.