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We already had, in essence, a 'proof of work' system with gold. Gold supply increases by only a percent or two per year, and it is highly resource / energy int

We already had, in essence, a 'proof of work' system with gold. Gold supply increases by only a percent or two per year, and it is highly resource / energy intensive. And note that many central banks, including US, China, Russia, have and /or are even adding to their gold reserves. (Ben Bernanke says it's for 'tradition' - cough, cough, eye roll, cough) But as JP Morgan said, "gold is money. everything else is credit." Banks don't care about the underlying reserve money as long as they control the credit, which gets used as if it were money. >but it would certainly be different. I don't see how. And even if it were, the powers that be like things just the way they are.

DanBC 13y ago
> We already had, in essence, a 'proof of work' system with gold. Gold supply increases by only a percent or two per year, and it is highly resource / energy intensive. But the people doing a lot of the hardest dangerous work get very very lite for doing so. Money is made by pushing buttens at the right time to move numbers around a network.
- sliverstorm 13y ago
  the people doing a lot of the hardest dangerous work get very very lite for doing so Same story with bitcoin, though the physical onus is removed.
- penguindev 13y ago
  >Money is made by pushing buttens at the right time to move numbers around a network. Yes, and that's probably not going to ever change, not sure what your point was.... But here's where people get REALLY rich. Banks financing government debt (pushing a button, as you say) which is cosigned by 300 million of us serfs, for stupid unsustainable shit like wars and welfare. The banks and credit masters win, and the rest of us are FUCKED. PS guns and butter was what led to the end of the gold standard. If you think bitcoin is going to somehow stop governments from over spending, or banks from over lending, foreclosing, and buying assets for pennies on the dollar, you need a history lesson.

DanBC 13y ago

> We already had, in essence, a 'proof of work' system with gold. Gold supply increases by only a percent or two per year, and it is highly resource / energy intensive. But the people doing a lot of the hardest dangerous work get very very lite for doing so. Money is made by pushing buttens at the right time to move numbers around a network.

sliverstorm 13y ago
the people doing a lot of the hardest dangerous work get very very lite for doing so Same story with bitcoin, though the physical onus is removed.
penguindev 13y ago
>Money is made by pushing buttens at the right time to move numbers around a network. Yes, and that's probably not going to ever change, not sure what your point was.... But here's where people get REALLY rich. Banks financing government debt (pushing a button, as you say) which is cosigned by 300 million of us serfs, for stupid unsustainable shit like wars and welfare. The banks and credit masters win, and the rest of us are FUCKED. PS guns and butter was what led to the end of the gold standard. If you think bitcoin is going to somehow stop governments from over spending, or banks from over lending, foreclosing, and buying assets for pennies on the dollar, you need a history lesson.