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Slur: anonymous marketplace to trade secret information in exchange for Bitcoin
- smt88 12y agoIf this were to become as widely-used as the creators intend, it would mean the end of making money from information. For example, any drug, hardware, or software with any value would appear on the site. Why spend millions/billions creating those things if they just get leaked right away? I think it would actually mean the end of most human progress, because the ability to live off of your creativity would be destroyed. Maybe you'd pursue creative things regardless, but you wouldn't be able to make a living off of them, and it would drastically hamper your ability to create. I'm not actually sure human society would survive a total elimination of private information. So, in short, this is one of the most evil things I've ever seen, even if there's also potential for good.
- gus_massa 12y agoPrevious discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8794256 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8794256 (124 points, 13 days ago, 54 comments)