If Bitcoin comes to depend on bureaucrats rather than protocol, you might as well use Visa. They know how to do that far better.
If Bitcoin's security comes to be based on bureaucrats rather than protocol, it will no longer be a seamless global system.
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@NickSzabo4 I understand that you're joking. But realistically most bitcoiners would simply move on to other cryptocurrencies. -
@PunkrockBtC Operating under the limits of 140 chars. You are correct that there would still be some secure alts, much preferable to XT.
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@nickszabo4 I think that's a correct statement as far as it goes, but I also think this is a "when" not "if". -
@iang_fc If that's its fate then why are you bothering at all with Bitcoin? -
@nickszabo4 The question really turns on whether the bureaucracy is transparent, or hides power manipulations for unknown interests. -
@iang_fc@nickszabo4 saying this for months. But nobody listens to a nobody, so nobody benefits. Eventually a somebody will figure it out. -
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@BitcoinBelle@iang_fc@NickSzabo4 You're nooobody till somebody ...RT's youuuu :) TY nice to hearpic.twitter.com/SFCIa2dJIn
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@BitcoinBelle@NickSzabo4 I’ve not seen any evidence of this. -
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@BitcoinBelle@NickSzabo4 at least of any difference or change in thinking. -
@BitcoinBelle@NickSzabo4 the mob wants to suppress what they don’t like and amplify what they like. The only change is the mob. -
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@BitcoinBelle@NickSzabo4 who else can you confidently speak for, really. -
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@nickszabo4 The decisions & anti-decisions on the table already have a bureaucratic component. How much is an open debate.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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