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Re:How to send $ETH in 19 lines of Python by uncomputation on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @01:38PM (#27053033)
So rather than systems with oversight, faces, and names attached to them, you would prefer an entirely programmatic system where all transactions are final and irreversible which is not beholden to any intervention? There’s an old adage about how all programmers hate technology or something like that and I worry that we are flying too close to the sun here with the crypto hubris.
Re:How to send $ETH in 19 lines of Python by anotha1 on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @01:53PM (#27053238)
> all programmers hate technology

The latest wave of "investors" aren't programmers.

But yeah, the trust issue illustrated by your comment speaks volumes. I just wish people didn't think our problems were as easy as "sprinkle a little tech on it."

Re:How to send $ETH in 19 lines of Python by voldacar on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @01:39PM (#27053044)
> So rather than systems with oversight, faces, and names attached to them, you would prefer an entirely programmatic system where all transactions are final and irreversible which is not beholden to any intervention?

Yes, correct.

Re:How to send $ETH in 19 lines of Python by joshsyn on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @07:33PM (#27057274)
What good is a system, if it only benefits a few? And levers are used at the wrong time, benefits only a few people?