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by oleganza 13y ago
> As far as I understand, the approach outlined in the exchange's MAD option requires the exchange to prove that they have destroyed the funds. They explain in the FAQ: http://nashx.com/FAQ They create a special add
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by oleganza 13y ago
> It isn't in equilibrium though unless each party knows how much that 1BTC is worth to the other party. Strictly speaking, one can never possibly know other person's "real" valuation. People can always lie to themsel
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by oleganza 13y ago
It's mutually assured destruction within a specific deal, not within their biological lives (like in case of a military doctrine). This allows maintaining an equilibrium. Regardless of our wealth, we both put in 1 BTC before trading so
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Nashx allows trading using Nash equilibrium and mutually-assured destruction(nashx.com)
26 points by oleganza 13y ago|28 comments
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by oleganza 13y ago
Unfortunately, making child porn illegal is a waste of time if the goal is to protect children from abuse. In reality, though, "protecting children" is a banner under which people grab more abusive power. In my view, everyone who
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by oleganza 13y ago
Would you accept Bitcoin as a payment? This way you won't lose money on fees during refund.
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by oleganza 13y ago
The real problem is not with drones, or spying. It's the monopoly of violence that people think is okay. Government = violent agency that achieves any of its goals using threats with a gun. Taxation, regulations and border controls - a
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by oleganza 13y ago
Police eats and keeps cakes all the time because they are allowed to use guns and violence much wider than any regular person. Almost every time when a cop is "unnecessarily" brutal, he gets away with it while non-cop for the same
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by oleganza 13y ago
Thanks for clarification. I thought that since MIT/BSD does not enforce source disclosure, users don't have the "freedom to change the software" according to GPL parlance.
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by oleganza 13y ago
I agree with your sentiment, but want to provide a slight correction about "Free Software": MIT/BSD licensed software while not free in FSF/GPL sense, is still open and widely used and solves the problem we have right no
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by oleganza 13y ago
You have a logical fallacy right there. First, see my replies to you on why government == violence. Now imagine if I extract some money from you ("for the children") and provide you with some "service". Service could eve
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by oleganza 13y ago
You don't have any rights. These are just unproven words or bribes given to you by the people with power. Of course, you'd have to protect yourself when attacked, no question about it. But it's not a moral choice, it's a
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by oleganza 13y ago
Did you pay taxes lately? Have you ever been disappointed by what government does with your taxes? Why haven't you tried to withhold your participation by not paying taxes? E.g. if you dislike the war in Iraq, what stopped you from not
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by oleganza 13y ago
So violence in Somalia is not acceptable to you, but allowing your government a lot of violence is acceptable? If people in Somalia cannot find out a way to avoid violence it does not mean it's not possible in principle, or that govern
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by oleganza 13y ago
Government != society. By not allowing any excuse for violence (including self-defence) and seeking voluntary arrangement with people around you to protect yourselves you are not isolating yourself. On contrary, you solve the social problem
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by oleganza 13y ago
All the robbery nowadays happens in the central banks and is called "QE".
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by oleganza 13y ago
Me and my friends will never stay in your way if you want to fund a firefighter or NSA, or local McDonalds. It's your choice, your property. Even if we don't like your lifestyle or disagree with your ideas. Will you give me the sa
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by oleganza 13y ago
Boycotting government is what I was talking about. The problem is to protect yourself and your property against coercion. No one "cooperates" with NSA. Companies would have their bank accounts and other property seized if they don
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by oleganza 13y ago
I disagree, it is not something real or tangible. I'm all for defunding NSA, but it's not like a regular business which you can boycott by not giving them money. You have to go and ask permission from the government to not give th
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by oleganza 13y ago
Something to consider: instant bitcoin donation is both quite anonymous and can't be duplicated at will. And people can put their money where their mouth is. In fact, this already exists as "bitcoin tip" on Reddit.
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by oleganza 13y ago
As I always note in threads like this, this is not a problem of censorship or defining what is "pornography". These are all distractions from the real problem: a legalized violence employed by people calling themselves "gover
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by oleganza 13y ago
The reason of ever-growing state enterprise is the absence of real market feedback. Any private enterprise (business or charity) has only its own money to burn and gets new money from volunteers. In case of government, new money is guarante
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by oleganza 13y ago
Check out two short books: everyday anarchy and practical anarchy by Stefan Molyneux. http://freedomainradio.com/FreeBooks.aspx TLDR: voluntary ostracism vs. forced prison. Cages are only for the beasts.
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by oleganza 13y ago
That's why I said "the whole story". This article about Snowden seeking asylum is written only because Snowden revealed some nasty stuff about his government and now this government is after him. And this stuff is "nasty
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by oleganza 13y ago
Reminder: the real reason Snowden cannot walk out of the airport not because of some virtual passport that US "revoked". It is because there are real armed obedient guys on the border who will not let Snowden go his way. This whol
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by oleganza 13y ago
Linus makes a great point here. While I personally don't think I'd enjoy working with Linus, I have to agree with him. He can behave how he wants and it's my responsibility if I don't like it. Linus does not run after me
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by oleganza 13y ago
"None of the companies involved should obey the law in this matter" Lets see how you will behave when people with guns tell you they will take your property and probably you for not obeying the orders.
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by oleganza 13y ago
The protocol may require "pinging the blockchain" by creating another transaction every N days. E.g. every month or year. If the name's config was not updated in a long time, you or someone else can claim it again.
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by oleganza 13y ago
Here is an idea. One can timestamp a certificate in the Bitcoin blockchain and renew it using the same private key to prove the same ownership. More than that. You can build a name protocol by timestamping names the same way, so you'll
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by oleganza 13y ago
Every mainstream newspaper, tv and radio channel has to have a state-issued license to operate. This means that state can always find a reason to dismiss the license and make business shut down. This fact creates a great bias towards discus

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