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by polarix 14y ago
You might think you could possibly have done this in the physical world for a few years now. Don't fool yourself. You have a face and DNA. You will not be anonymous (or even pseudonymous) as long as you carry a body.
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by polarix 14y ago
Rude? Maybe in a broken world. It's all of our business. Do push back, but don't argue that the concerns shouldn't be aired.
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by polarix 14y ago
Correction: bitcoin is only "not anonymous" if the transaction history network contains a contact point with the physical world, that is, if some transaction is associated with a physical good shipment or traditional world identity.
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by polarix 14y ago
3x? More like 300x, I'd say. Once the first few roll out of BFL these things will be coming online as fast as you can say "money press".
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by polarix 14y ago
So it would be a combination of the coders, the miners, and the community. Yes, this would definitely require a hard fork.
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by polarix 14y ago
To me this kind of makes the earlier article seem overblown. Okay, so the entirety of silicon valley is a toxic waste dump? Well then.
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by polarix 14y ago
"This saga is the height of self-indulgence." Worth looking in the mirror with a comment like that.
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by polarix 14y ago
Mind sharing any links / citations?
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by polarix 14y ago
That phase is over. Currency is changing. Pay attention.
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by polarix 14y ago
In this case, presumably, Google.
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by polarix 14y ago
Moreover, we should expect the zerocoin strategy to "solve" the traceability of stolen funds.
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by polarix 14y ago
Thank you for this, it reinforces my desire to pack everything into storage and fall forward into the eternal road trip. What an amazing country.
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by polarix 14y ago
you forgot the step of waiting in line for 20 minutes after collecting your goods for the privilege of giving them your money.
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by polarix 14y ago
Or provide an AMI?
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by polarix 14y ago
Lots of risk to buy. Far more upside risk to not buy.
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by polarix 14y ago
https://medium.com/about/9e53ca408c48
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by polarix 14y ago
Certainly it's easier to do that than to manipulate a small group of mostly hidden individuals with severe conflicts of interest.
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by polarix 14y ago
Correct.
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by polarix 14y ago
Isn't it? Just because you can't cash it in with the issuer doesn't mean it can't be traded for currency.
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by polarix 14y ago
That strategy works unless this is the lowest it will ever be.
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by polarix 14y ago
"doing something fundamentally useless to society (mining Bitcoin)" Does Visa provide value to society? "mining bitcoin" translates to "certifying the current outstanding global transaction registry". FYI.
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by polarix 14y ago
And here is where the decision was made to rename it: https://github.com/karma-runner/karma/issues/376
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by polarix 14y ago
It's close to a new gold standard. The one problem associated with gold that it does solve is being as good a medium of exchange as visa/paypal (or better).
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by polarix 14y ago
I believe there was some illiquidity early this morning, but I might be hallucinating.
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by polarix 14y ago
Yeah, I think it can, if USD collapses.
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by polarix 14y ago
I believe the proper course of action is to make a calculation, involving: 1. a given velocity of money and thus a derived desirable monetary volume for a given economic condition 2. a projected percentage of that economic activity that mak
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by polarix 14y ago
What if this had been Akamai and not Cloudflare? Would we even hear about it? Why is Cloudflare in the news regularly and never Akamai? Do they just like drama? Is that good or bad for their business?
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by polarix 14y ago
Oh no, now there's really no incentive to find new ones. We're doomed.
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by polarix 14y ago
Buy bitcoins now.
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by polarix 14y ago
This is so accurate. Let us mourn.

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