jafaku

Do you realize "conspiracy theory" doesn't mean "false"?

If you want to get hyped, I recommend the movie Europa Report.

bitgodthrowaway 5 hours ago [dead]

These privacy bugs are well known to the people who put them to use.

I'm not planning on going to America because a) I'm more interested in seeing other places (sorry) and b) It's impossible anyway. But let me tell you something: When I leave, I won't be depriving "my own society" (whatever that means) of anything, because that's how much value I can produce here, with all the corruption and bureaucratic obstacles.

It's not idiotic, that's why there is a Bitcoin fund, and soon there will be a Bitcoin ETF.

If being an expert in computer security isn't "specialized knowledge", I don't know what it is.

> Paypal hates it, as does India's Reserve Bank.

I can't believe this doesn't immediately make you think that maybe, just maybe there is something good about Bitcoin. Are you 0K with the central bank stealing wealth from you and your family through the debasing of your currency? Are you 0K with working your ass off so that bankers and other powerful people can live a life of wealth and pleasure? How can you take advise from such people?

"Bitcoin is bad, don't use it! It's a drug currency... very shady... also, terrorism!"

That is basically what every central bank said to the people in their country.

"Hi everyone, I just heard about Bitcoin... And I'm here to fix it"

That's not really a possibility, it's just your desire to see Bitcoin go down. I don't know why there are so many people so salty about Bitcoin.

> what it doesn't have is anonymous functions

If it's not anonymous it's not a closure though.

Which popular language nowadays doesn't have closures? Even the so hated (by HN) PHP has had that for many years already.

That happens everywhere to some degree. In corrupt countries it's very common that politicians announce the building of big schools and hospitals, but the projects are never finished. The construction companies bribe the politicians to get the contracts, and then it doesn't even matter whether they ever complete the job, no one will control that.

No, because the miner who gets the fee isn't the only one who will have to work extra. All full nodes will have to relay and store that transaction. And there is no known way to pay full node operators in a way that can't be abused.

Where is that from?

No single entity controls it, but that doesn't mean you can do whatever you want. If someone is abusing the blockchain by bloating it with useless garbage, there will be consensus for fixing that. So don't build a business or technology around abusing Bitcoin's blockchain, because you will be left out.

But cats also love to sit on squares or circles (no walls). Try creating a square with tape on the floor.