edmundedgar

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   by edmundedgar 4y ago

   That's not related to the complexity of the thing. Imagine Token Ring had a token, and there were a bunch of people invested in the idea that it was better than all the alternatives.
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   by edmundedgar 12y ago

   Right - I guess the open question at this point is how much weight those mechanisms can bear. Bitcoin has a very easy version of the problem, because all they need to do is time-stamping, where you just have to follow the rules and run your
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   by edmundedgar 12y ago

   The other problem when you try to censor this is that the illegality and immorality of these contracts actually depends on the intention, which you can't see on a public network. TruthCoin (or any other anonymous system for doing this)
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   by edmundedgar 12y ago

   I think the ability to make these contracts is inevitable, with or without TruthCoin, and it's futile trying to censor them. You can get these contracts settled by any trusted party, or any combination you choose of trusted parties. Th