Jiri, Firstly, i'm way out of my depth on any monetary policies... so take my points from a novice/simpleton's point of view... in that light:
> > Well, it's enriching Satoshi regardless of whether anyone knows who he, > she or they are. Pseudonymous enrichment is still enrichment. > > It might be... assuming it isn't someone who has done it for the greater good and did not (whether it's an individual or a group) hoard many themselves... in the FOSS world, people do that in software all the time so it would not be that unusual if that were the case... The thing is that the deflationary monetary policy was clearly > deliberately chosen — it's not the simplest or the most obvious to > encode (that would be a constant per-block reward). At the same time, > there's no public explanation of why that one was chosen, and the > documentation seems to steer away from even asking the question. > > Why was this non-obvious policy chosen? > Is anything about any monetary/currency policy trivial? The current system is far far far from obvious... > > In this explanation, the "currency" moniker would be a ruse, partly > to > > disguise the true nature, partly as part of its marketing message, > > designed to appeal to a particular demographic. > > > isn't a currency simply something we mutually agree to give a value to? > > The question isn't what a currency is, the question is what is the > primary purpose of Bitcoin. > To take out the middleman? To enable P2P transactions? and *take away centralised control* ... i thought they state that in the first 5 seconds of every video out there! > Many pyramid schemes masquerade as multi-level marketing. Why not one > that masquerades as a currency? > I think your assumption that it's a pyramid is a fallacy... it's no more a pyramid scheme that "normal" money is... so in my opinion, it's a moot question. simran. > > > Jiri > -- > Jiří Baum <j...@baum.com.au> > Sabik Software Solutions Pty Ltd > 0413 183 117 > http://www.baum.com.au/sabik > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more > > Forum rules > 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs > > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Silicon Beach Australia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Simran Gambhir Program Manager (Sydney), Hacker-in-Residence ANZ Innovyz START Phone: +61 422 543 742 Email: sim...@innovyzstart.com Internet: www.innovyzstart.com LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/simrang -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
