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Someone wanted to get rich so they invented their own money and suckered a bunch of people into a "cult" with a bunch of hippie ideas. Nothing new here. Do you
by goggles99 13y ago
Someone wanted to get rich so they invented their own money and suckered a bunch of people into a "cult" with a bunch of hippie ideas.
Nothing new here. Do you know how many cults have done this throughout history?
- chii 13y agoexcept this hippie idea is based on sound mathematical proofs and concepts, and not some flying spaghetti monster god.
- illuminate 13y agoThe technical operation is not the ideology behind Bitcoin, and it certainly isn't the whole of how Bitcoin is used. There's plenty of utopian fantasy surrounding it and a fascinating social dynamic that has absolutely nothing to do with "sound mathematical proofs and concepts" but more intangible qualities assigned to it by its proponents.
- betterunix 13y ago"this hippie idea is based on sound mathematical proofs and concepts" What proofs? There is not even a formal security definition for Bitcoin.
- b6 13y agoWhat Satoshi did is easy, right? You could do it tomorrow, it's just that you're too ethical, right?
- illuminate 13y agoNot everybody wants to be L Ron Hubbard? Granted, I don't think BTC is as much of a "cult" as that poster is stating, but I don't think your counterargument is very convincing. Critics of the social aspects of technology (let's use Google Glasses as another example, only slightly less polarizing than BTC) aren't hating on technology, just implementation and the less technical predictions/assumptions/evangelism surrounding the technology.