Hard Problems in Cryptocurrency: Five Years Later

Re:Hard Problems in Cryptocurrency: Five Years Later by shawnz on Sunday November 24, 2019 @09:18AM (#21620569)

So then should we forget about easily accessible encryption, since it's a social problem if your government spies on your data and not a technological one? That's not a very "defense in depth" approach.

Our democracy is purposely designed to allow such checks and balances through mechanisms like the fifth amendment. It is an important part of what makes our democracy strong and prevents lawmakers from throwing people in prison at their whim.

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Re:Hard Problems in Cryptocurrency: Five Years Later by arcticbull on Sunday November 24, 2019 @12:51PM (#21622016)

Cryptography is a tool that enables applications. Cryptocurrency is an application of cryptography.

While I don't believe this myself, I could see a logically consistent case for supporting the development of ciphers and banning something like TrueCrypt. It's not about the technology, it's about how you choose to use it.

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