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Maybe ... but the governments are terribly keen on Bitcoin and it would be easy for them to say "we don't believe a crime has been committed". I think it's far
by smoyer 13y ago
Maybe ... but the governments are terribly keen on Bitcoin and it would be easy for them to say "we don't believe a crime has been committed". I think it's far safer for the Bitcoin community as a whole to police themselves, but determining how to add "self-regulation" in a decentralized way may take some time.
- arethuza 13y agoWell, the UK Revenue and Customs service seems to have a pretty clear view on Bitcoin: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/briefs/vat/brief0914.htm http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/briefs/vat/brief0914.htm If the government regards something as having value it wouldn't seem unreasonable to expect them to regard theft of assets in this form to be a crime.
- pron 13y agoThe irony! I've just smiled to myself picturing those guys coming together and then slowly re-learning everything we know about statesmanship and politics. Like the moment they first realize different people have different values and want different things. Then they're going to come up with the idea of democracy and a parliament. Only this time around it will be the Aspergers among us who try to figure out how to influence people. :) But, of course, the best bit will be when they, so rationally, decide to give up the final ruling power to a super-intelligent AI, and then the look on their faces when the AI decides to do something that, while 100% rational, nobody wants.
- acjohnson55 13y agoIt's like NIH Syndrome, but applied to the basic fabric of society.