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And if we look at how it's implemented in practice, anonymity ends at the handful of gatekeepers who control the exchanges.
by task_queue 12y ago
And if we look at how it's implemented in practice, anonymity ends at the handful of gatekeepers who control the exchanges.
- irickt 12y agoThis article makes the case strongly http://aeon.co/magazine/technology/on-the-high-seas-of-the-hidden-internet/ http://aeon.co/magazine/technology/on-the-high-seas-of-the-h... "... order in actual markets depends on threats of violence – whether the penalties embedded in the laws of the state, or the bloody interventions of mob bosses. In the absence of such arrangements, predators move in. The Silk Road’s business model worked only if genuinely ruthless people didn’t notice its critical vulnerabilities."