| 10:30 |
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signpost still connected indefinitely. |
| 10:30 |
signpost |
in re: sovereign p2p, not sure I've fully recalibrated to the world emergent. |
| 10:31 |
signpost |
bitcoin has been swallowed by the banks, etc. |
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~ 15 minutes ~ |
| 10:46 |
signpost |
many of the coins being sold currently are older addresses. |
| 10:47 |
signpost |
was well understood in TMSR that bitcoin was first a political proposition, then software. |
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~ 2 hours 1 minutes ~ |
| 12:49 |
asciilifeform |
signpost: the interesting thing re the soft is that it still worx even when 99% of the coinz are owned by hitler |
| 12:50 |
asciilifeform |
(who consequently, the greedier, the more well-behaved becomes. witness the nearly total, afaik, disappearance of fork wankages) |
| 12:52 |
asciilifeform |
i.e. the political proposition still stands (given as it wasn't 'erryone will be rich', lol, but 'money w/out printer') |
| 12:56 |
asciilifeform |
very 18th c. flavour, arguably, recall when various crowned heads alternated between financing and hanging alchemists |
| 12:57 |
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signpost by no means disappointed with this result. |
| 12:58 |
asciilifeform |
soo what then to recalibrate to? |
| 12:59 |
asciilifeform |
from user pov, remains afaik exactly same as in earlier times |
| 13:00 |
asciilifeform |
even exch rate is largely static if one accounts for usd inflatola |
| 13:03 |
asciilifeform |
old addrs emptying simply means that the owners lived long enuff to retire and start eating'em |
| 13:03 |
asciilifeform |
('feature', not 'bug') |
| 13:16 |
asciilifeform |
see also thrd. |
| 13:17 |
asciilifeform |
'btc broak' iff a) hitler can print outta thin air b) hitler can prevent you from spending/receiving if 'not likes your face' |
| 13:17 |
asciilifeform |
in all other cases, 'not broak' |
| 13:18 |
asciilifeform |
( for completeness, include c) hitler can break keyz ) |
| 13:19 |
asciilifeform |
afaik no symptoms of a, b, c currently |
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~ 16 minutes ~ |
| 13:35 |
signpost |
earlier was commenting on the "what to build" question. |
| 13:36 |
signpost |
bitcoin ain't broke but has matured to the point of belonging to the traditional financial powers |
| 13:36 |
signpost |
if it continues to reform those, quite a victory. |
| 13:37 |
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signpost has been recalibrating on what to work on now. |
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~ 1 hours 9 minutes ~ |
| 14:46 |
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asciilifeform recalls signpost had made substantial progress on the fountain coad thing, maybe pick it back up if he has the cycles ? |
| 14:48 |
asciilifeform |
'thinking man's internet' is still open problem. esp. nao that the original www is being killed off with shannonizes liquishit, a la usenet |
| 14:49 |
asciilifeform |
*shannonized |