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Satoshi's pride: * ability to fund shadow libraries without fear of censorship * lists with a single item still count as lists

skeaker 1y ago
To be fair, the theory with the whole coin thing is solid, and I'd say it should count as something to be proud of even if in reality it gets tainted by speculative investments.
- bawolff 1y ago
  Yeah. I personally think the original bitcoin whitepaper is a work of genius. Balancing the soft game theory incentives with hard cryptography garuntees is really cool. I'd love to see more systems exploring this combination approach. There is a saying about not being able to solve a social problem with technology. Bitcoin is the blueprint on how to do that. Its everything that came after that point that is the problem.
  - throwanem 1y ago
    You want to stop things happening after other things?
  - vasco 1y ago
    > There is a saying about not being able to solve a social problem with technology. Bitcoin is the blueprint on how to do that. What problem did we solve with bitcoin?
    - bdhcuidbebe 1y ago
      The blockchain. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain
      - altern8tif 1y ago
        The blockchain isn't the problem. It's supposedly the solution.
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    - bawolff 1y ago
      The distributed double spend problem. I'm not here to argue that its a useful problem to solve, just that the solution is ingenious, and i think the methods used potentially have applications to other problems.
baq 1y ago
> ability to fund shadow libraries without fear of censorship Bitcoin is much worse than cash in that regard
- drdrey 1y ago
  who do you hand the cash to in order to fund a website?
  - zufallsheld 1y ago
    Sending cash via snail mail to buy stuff online exists. While Anna's archive does not support it, it certainly exists.
    - account42 1y ago
      Ok, but now you're not comparing bitcoin to cash but rather to cash+mail, which has many more tracking opportunities.
    - vasco 1y ago
      This is also forbidden by several post offices. In my country it's against the law to send money by mail.
- whimsicalism 1y ago
  sure except for all the reasons cash doesn’t work for this
- mistercheph 1y ago
  That's why most shadow libraries are funded with cash.
- anoushiravan 1y ago
  What about Monero?
- Thorrez 1y ago
  How would it be feasible for Anna's Archive to accept cash?

skeaker 1y ago

To be fair, the theory with the whole coin thing is solid, and I'd say it should count as something to be proud of even if in reality it gets tainted by speculative investments.

bawolff 1y ago
Yeah. I personally think the original bitcoin whitepaper is a work of genius. Balancing the soft game theory incentives with hard cryptography garuntees is really cool. I'd love to see more systems exploring this combination approach. There is a saying about not being able to solve a social problem with technology. Bitcoin is the blueprint on how to do that. Its everything that came after that point that is the problem.
- throwanem 1y ago
  You want to stop things happening after other things?
- vasco 1y ago
  > There is a saying about not being able to solve a social problem with technology. Bitcoin is the blueprint on how to do that. What problem did we solve with bitcoin?
  - bdhcuidbebe 1y ago
    The blockchain. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain
    - altern8tif 1y ago
      The blockchain isn't the problem. It's supposedly the solution.
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  - bawolff 1y ago
    The distributed double spend problem. I'm not here to argue that its a useful problem to solve, just that the solution is ingenious, and i think the methods used potentially have applications to other problems.

baq 1y ago

> ability to fund shadow libraries without fear of censorship Bitcoin is much worse than cash in that regard

drdrey 1y ago
who do you hand the cash to in order to fund a website?
- zufallsheld 1y ago
  Sending cash via snail mail to buy stuff online exists. While Anna's archive does not support it, it certainly exists.
  - account42 1y ago
    Ok, but now you're not comparing bitcoin to cash but rather to cash+mail, which has many more tracking opportunities.
  - vasco 1y ago
    This is also forbidden by several post offices. In my country it's against the law to send money by mail.
whimsicalism 1y ago
sure except for all the reasons cash doesn’t work for this
mistercheph 1y ago
That's why most shadow libraries are funded with cash.
anoushiravan 1y ago
What about Monero?
Thorrez 1y ago
How would it be feasible for Anna's Archive to accept cash?