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Re:SEC tightens the noose on ICO-funded startups by CryptoPunk on Thursday October 11, 2018 @07:08AM (#18192451)
No I was making a more general point: that technology can fundamentally and irreversibly change the relationship between people and the government, resulting in certain classes of laws becoming easier or harder to enforce.
Re:SEC tightens the noose on ICO-funded startups by wpietri on Thursday October 11, 2018 @01:12PM (#18195231)
Did this general point have some relevance to the discussion? If not, I would like to take this opportunity to point out that water is generally wet, and that food can fundamentally taste good.
Re:SEC tightens the noose on ICO-funded startups by CryptoPunk on Thursday October 11, 2018 @02:22PM (#18195843)
It's directly relevant to your point that technology has a honeymoon period of being exempt from the rules before the rules adapt to reimpose the previously in place controls. I was saying that's not the universal progression.