Can someone explain to me how a blockchain is supposed to enforce laws?
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Replying to @paulbaumgart
Bits are only meaningful if ultimately there are some people with guns involved.
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Replying to @paulbaumgart
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@paulbaumgart You're question is precisely backwards. :) Blockchains run on probability. Point a gun at probability, and know law from Law.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @CTZN5
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@paulbaumgart As you rightly note, what many call "law" is mere suggestion at gunpoint. But Law cannot be coerced, or enforced by coercion.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @paulbaumgart
@paulbaumgart You exert force with force. Blockchains are for provable truth consensus. Used the right way, then, perfect law is a cakewalk.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @CTZN5
@paulbaumgart Obviously, no, hashes will not gain physical form and bludgeon scofflaws and speed demons, but... c'mon, think a bit further.1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@fnxTX My objection is basically this: https://xkcd.com/538/2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @paulbaumgart
@fnxTX It feels like there's some variation of the Halting Problem here. Protecting the network with itself.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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