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Interesting comment about how cryptocurrencies can enable a system where no node can trust any other node. Something for me to think about as I am building a pe

Interesting comment about how cryptocurrencies can enable a system where no node can trust any other node. Something for me to think about as I am building a peer to peer system (not a search engine though)

rakoo 3y ago
Cryptocurrencies only help where no one can trust anyone. But if that's the case, I claim that such a system is not viable in the long term.
- zubairq 3y ago
  Good point. Does this mean that Bitcoin is not viable in the long term?
  - rakoo 3y ago
    Bitcoin as a speculating tool lives as long as speculation can live. Bitcoin, or any cryptocurrency as an actual currency exchanged at large scale will not work, or at least not in a democracy.