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Bitcoin supporters on HN: One thread: Bitcoin is the future of money Other thread: Bitcoin is not money, so why apply money rules? It either is or isn't.
by Uchikoma 13y ago
Bitcoin supporters on HN:
One thread: Bitcoin is the future of money
Other thread: Bitcoin is not money, so why apply money rules?
It either is or isn't.
- dragonwriter 13y agoYou see the same thing a lot with disruptive startups -- where they are hailed as the radical new future of a particular industry and it is argued that they should not be compelled to obey the regulations of the industry they seek to enter and disrupt (and, often, a substantial part of their operations rely on them being allowed to ignore those regulations or having the regulations rewritten to support them.) See, e.g., Airbnb and its issues with many cities regulations of short-term renting.
- Uchikoma 13y agoExactly. AirBnB and Uber (Stockholm) come to mind too.