barisser

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@abarisser

Bitcoiner, Ex-physicist, Returned Peace Corps Volunteer

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/barisser; my proof: https://keybase.io/barisser/sigs/CWax4YgajAULxm34f_nBQGkBLLy6ueSA_33s-LC39iM ]

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Comment · 8 years ago
This would be more credible coming from shareholders rather than employees.
Comment · 9 years ago
Goliath Acquired David
Comment · 10 years ago
They are precisely incompatible because Blockchains are all about programmatic, self-enforcing arbitration. In a correctly-functioning Blockchain, there is no entry-point for non-permissioned humans to meddle with outcomes. This is not a bug but a feature.

Ethereum keeps hard-forking and has thereby undermined its legitimacy. The premise that code is law is central to Blockchains. The necessary corollary is that human-law is irrelevant within the space of outcomes on the Blockchain.

In Bitcoin, no human court can prohibit a transaction from going through, or being valid. Bitcoins cannot be confiscated by fiat. Full stop. Blockchains were designed to create a purer, more mechanical and reliable arbitration than the courts can give.

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