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Re:Decentralized Woo Hoo by Kalium on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @10:51AM (#29241906)
> However some people interested in and working on blockchain and related technologies are pursuing ambitious goals that could reshape the economy and politics in ways that makes them more open to participation and "strongly typed"/formalized.

That's great! Could you provide some details on what these projects might be and how they aim to reshape political and economic life to be more open, formal, and participatory?

As others have noted, and indeed the author might point to, this kind of response is sort of a quantum woo dodge. It asserts that some of the quantum woo is genuinely helpful and useful and functional with clear mechanisms, but by coincidence fails to point to any in particular or specify mechanisms.

Re:Decentralized Woo Hoo by newacc9 on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @11:38AM (#29242615)
One idea is that whatever you build on top of a platform like Ethereum will persist; if you build on top of Facebook or IOS your app can be removed without recourse.

Bankless | 90 - 5 Mental Models for Web3 | Chris Dixon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jezH_7qEk50

Re:Decentralized Woo Hoo by Kalium on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @11:46AM (#29242745)
The idea of non-deletion seems to keep coming up again and again in technology. From Usenet spam to abusive Facebook apps, I find myself wondering if being forever saddled with every abusive smart contract someone ever wrote is really a desirable trait in a long-term planetary-scale system.
Re:Decentralized Woo Hoo by throwawaygh on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @12:39PM (#29243603)
Remember the 1990s and early 2000s when there were tons of easily discoverable forums? Moderation was less of an issue -- each forum was someone's fiefdom, but there was an abundance of choices and communities available at each choice.

The solution to censorship definitely isn't non-deletion. Usenet died for a reason and 4chan is fringe for a reason. The solution to censorship is a healthy choice of venues, good discoverability, and low/no switching costs. Basically, modern phpbb forums or discord but searchable.

Re:Decentralized Woo Hoo by lifty on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @11:12AM (#29242224)
One example is https://www.proofofhumanity.id . Their token is also an UBI implementation.
Re:Decentralized Woo Hoo by cle on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @11:03AM (#29242094)
Here's a random one I stumbled on the other day: https://venturebeat.com/2021/02/10/project-starling-uses-tec...
Re:Decentralized Woo Hoo by dqpb on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @11:10AM (#29242195)
Look up Turing award winner Silvio Micali.
Re:Decentralized Woo Hoo by Kalium on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @11:47AM (#29242761)
Can you point me to something more specific? It looks like he was part of some major cryptographic advances before sailing off into snowballscheme land.
Re:Decentralized Woo Hoo by dqpb on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @12:10PM (#29243150)