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And how is "BitCoin is a mathematical fact of the universe" a serious idea? And how is Bitcoin itself not an "extremely radical, society destabilizing measure"
by williamcotton 13y ago
And how is "BitCoin is a mathematical fact of the universe" a serious idea?
And how is Bitcoin itself not an "extremely radical, society destabilizing measure"?
- Zigurd 13y agoBitcoin is a "mathematical fact" just like what we currently believe are unbreakable cryptography systems. The two are strongly related. Can't have one without the other, and can't avoid having cryptocurrencies if you have strong encryption. So Stross's argument quickly moves from economics to freedom of speech: The only way to really eradicate cryptocurrencies is to make use of strong encryption outside of government-supervised uses a crime.