just an aside: the artist Simon Denny participates in this year's 9th
Berlin Biennial with a three-part installation; each part looks like (or
rather, is) a trade fare-style booth for a company that is in the
crypto-currency business (Ethereum, 21 Inc, and Digital Asset Holdings);
together
On 2016-06-19 18:15, xDxD.vs.xDxD wrote:
> hi!
>
>
>> Of course, not all humans will be out of the loop. The chosen few
>> and tech elites around them (AKA 'core developers') will stay there
>> and reap the benefits. The current contest is about who gets to
>> stay in the loop, and the driving
hi!
> Of course, not all humans will be out of the loop. The chosen few and tech
> elites around them (AKA 'core developers') will stay there and reap the
> benefits. The current contest is about who gets to stay in the loop, and
> the driving hope is that the unwashed masses will submit to it.
The premise of smart contracts ("legally incorporated programs that
are at arms length from their programmers" that "core developers"
like to blather about) is nothing new: it is to create an additional
insulating mechanism between the victims and the perpetrators, for the
benefit of the latter.
