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Am Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:26:29 -1000
schrieb "Tor, the Marqueteur" :
> In the interests of their long term sustainability, I would like to see
> them figure out what they need to deal with that, and charge it.
> Probably somewhere around 1-3% fr
On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 10:49:40AM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
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> > We ran the experiment for decades, and the point at which it partially
> > succeeded was when the likes of whatsap provided people with a way of
> > avoiding responsibilty.
>
> there's another one... what's it
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On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 10:29 AM, Philip Hands wrote:
>> so let's think about that case for a minute... PGP/GPG were designed
>> for encrypting / signing static data. if that was all that was
>> involved, crypto-curre
Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton writes:
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> crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
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>
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 9:45 AM, Philip Hands wrote:
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>> I'd like to announce a revolution in data privacy. Individuals can take
>> control of their data, and ensure that
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On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 9:45 AM, Philip Hands wrote:
> I'd like to announce a revolution in data privacy. Individuals can take
> control of their data, and ensure that it doesn't leak into the hands of
> people that th
Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton writes:
> oh. sorry, i forgot to add the other qualifier to
> crypto-currencies / blockchain: *individuals* have to take *direct*
> responsibility [where previously they could abdicate that
> responsibility to a third party / central authority]. if they fail to
> ta
On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 6:40 AM, Hrvoje Lasic wrote:
> I completely disagree. You are mixing block chain and cryptocurrencies.
not entirely
> Also, I disagree on second point. We still have ` power at the hands of
> central banks, corrupt governments, expensive and flawed judicial systems,
> ov
I completely disagree. You are mixing block chain and cryptocurrencies.
Also, I disagree on second point. We still have ` power at the hands of
central banks, corrupt governments, expensive and flawed judicial systems,
overcharging and underpayment by unethical insurance companies` *This is my
mai
On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 9:16 PM, Hrvoje Lasic wrote:
> ask yourself simple question: If all cryptocurencies are gone tomorrow,
> what would you miss?
crypto-currencies are literally the first time in human history where
contracts can be made and honoured between one or more parties in an
atomic
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On 03/21/2018 11:03 AM, zap wrote:
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> I think it is safe to say that cryptocurrencies aren't very
> feasible right now.
>
> My thoughts are: Liberapay is a good idea,
>
> I don't know if anything else is anywhere near as good.
Liberapay is good, t
On 21 March 2018 at 21:58, Sam Huntress wrote:
> Excessive power consumption by bitcoin miners is an indication that either
> power is undervalued, bitcoin is overvalued, or both.
ask yourself simple question: If all cryptocurencies are gone tomorrow,
what would you miss?
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>> Yep, the Monero devs are very much dedicated to "egalitarian mining",
>> which I think gets closer to Satoshi's original intent,[1][2] and makes
>> something like javascript browser-based mining possible, which then
>> opens up an entire new set of ethical concerns, even if it's a tiny step
>>
Excessive power consumption by bitcoin miners is an indication that either
power is undervalued, bitcoin is overvalued, or both.
> On Mar 21, 2018, at 3:48 PM, KRT Listmaster wrote:
>
> Now the discussion is starting to get interesting
>
> On 03/21/2018 07:11 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leight
Now the discussion is starting to get interesting
On 03/21/2018 07:11 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
[...]
>
> *if* people agree - world-wide - to slow down on the mining *then*
> the hashrate - world-wide - will slow down. however the only way
> that's actually realistically lik
On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 8:11 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
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> On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 12:08 PM, Wookey wrote:
> > On 2018-03-20 21:44 +0100, Philip Hands wrote:
> >
> >> https://www.theguardian.com/tec
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On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 12:08 PM, Wookey wrote:
> On 2018-03-20 21:44 +0100, Philip Hands wrote:
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>> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/20/child-abuse-imagery-bitcoin-blockchain-illegal-content
>
> Th
On 2018-03-20 21:44 +0100, Philip Hands wrote:
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> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/20/child-abuse-imagery-bitcoin-blockchain-illegal-content
There's always someone isn't there? This is why we can't have nice things.
I'm quite surprised that the format allows inclusion of rando
That link goes back to the fundamental concept of illegal numbers.
Anywhere a number can be written, illegal data may be written.
Anywhere a number can be written immutably, illegal data may be
written immutably.
This also gets at a fundamental issue of ethics of censorship, as
censorship was vie
On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 8:44 PM, Philip Hands wrote:
> Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton writes:
>
>> On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 6:15 PM, Jean Flamelle wrote:
>>> This is difficult to express so please bear patience. Able
>>> manipulators of money do exploit the interest in cryptocurrency to
>>>
Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton writes:
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 6:15 PM, Jean Flamelle wrote:
>> This is difficult to express so please bear patience. Able
>> manipulators of money do exploit the interest in cryptocurrency to
>> affect the prices thereof,
>
> yep, i know. there's no way
On 20 March 2018 at 19:15, Jean Flamelle wrote:
> This is difficult to express so please bear patience. Able
> manipulators of money do exploit the interest in cryptocurrency to
> affect the prices thereof, purchase and sell cryptocurrency increasing
> their stockpile of national and inte
On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 6:15 PM, Jean Flamelle wrote:
> This is difficult to express so please bear patience. Able
> manipulators of money do exploit the interest in cryptocurrency to
> affect the prices thereof,
yep, i know. there's no way to regulate or prevent the blatant
insider trad
This is difficult to express so please bear patience. Able
manipulators of money do exploit the interest in cryptocurrency to
affect the prices thereof, purchase and sell cryptocurrency increasing
their stockpile of national and international currencies while
sustaining their supply of cryp
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