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Isn't the whole Bitcoin design based on the idea that it's going to get big?
by throwaway11460 3y ago
Isn't the whole Bitcoin design based on the idea that it's going to get big?
- cdchn 3y agoDesigning for scalability and expectation of success are two different things to plan for.
- throwaway11460 3y agoSeems like that in literally every other case, Satoshi Nakamoto designed for both.
- fnordpiglet 3y agoIsn’t literally every startup business plan based on the idea that it’s going to get big?
- throwaway11460 3y agoYes, Bitcoin is not a startup though - they saw it as social movement
- fnordpiglet 3y agoMy point is hubris applies to all human efforts. But even when feeling hubris you don’t know what the future holds. No one can know the importance of any of their actions in the present, and even when you embark on something you expect could change everything, no one is assured of success. In fact practical experience tells us it almost never actually happens. When someone does actually succeed it’s easy to see omniscience in their insights, and it’s arguably insightful, but only the insane believe that themselves when they set out.
- throwaway11460 3y agoHe doesn't need to believe/be sure of it it on order to design for the possibility
- fnordpiglet 3y agoBy making cron jobs to forge timestamps during a race ?
- throwaway11460 3y agoHe's a cryptography/security expert. Yes.