Re:Is Blockchain Really the Killer App?
by TeMPOraL on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @06:10AM
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Chesterton's fence comes to mind.
Also, as Yvain pointed out in his excellent article[0], we might be fucking ourselves over big time with this drive towards decentralization and trustless systems. As we fight against corruption and abuse, we're building systems that don't allow us to coordinate even in principle. Today it's tax avoidance and buying pot on-line, tomorrow it will be untraceable trade of fissionable material and weaponized biotech.
Building trustless systems seems like a cool hack, but I think we'd be better off working on a way to improve coordination.
Also, as Yvain pointed out in his excellent article[0], we might be fucking ourselves over big time with this drive towards decentralization and trustless systems. As we fight against corruption and abuse, we're building systems that don't allow us to coordinate even in principle. Today it's tax avoidance and buying pot on-line, tomorrow it will be untraceable trade of fissionable material and weaponized biotech.
Building trustless systems seems like a cool hack, but I think we'd be better off working on a way to improve coordination.
[0] - http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/