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This is a good place to reference cypherpunk co-founder Tim May's email from 1992: http://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/crypto-anarchy.html http://www.activism.ne

• kbody 12y ago
  It's a bit easier to imagine than create.
  • dmix 12y ago
    In a product or marketing sense? Sounds like the product side has been figured out... the essay is pretty thorough.
    • yourad_io 12y ago
      Far from it; it is full of holes. Various issues: C used (huge flag), little progress yet, arbitration can't help in subjective/unverifiable/misleading data situations, anynomity will drag in the trash-sellers by the dozens, entirely unsourced data -even when true- is not as useful as sourced stuff (which you'd call "actionable"), de-duping information is impossible, what's the arbiters' motivation to be honest and not attempt to contact either side for bribes (or vote against "truth" for lolz), etc. But mostly: Just think of the Signal/Noise ratio. Everyone will be trying to abuse this. Even the dumbest, shotgun, numbers-game approach would have returns: Keep listing seemingly interesting stuff that is actually misleading/incomplete/bad/resold/... and eventually some of your transactions will not be reverted by arbitration. And this is anonymous crowd-funding, you say?
      • hellbanner 12y ago
        Yup, and does Slur take a fee from each transaction.. ?
        • fabulist 12y ago
          Not according to their website, no. If they're looking to turn a profit, its probably by acting as sellers.
          • yourad_io 12y ago
            > If they're looking to turn a profit, its probably by ... ...anonymously crowdfunding this half-thought idea with bitcoin.