Comments on: Quote notes (#85)

By: Mike in Boston

Mike in Boston — Sat, 24 May 2014 03:21:57 +0000

Darkcoin seems pretty ad hoc to me. I am however impressed by zerocash.

By: fotrkd

fotrkd — Sat, 24 May 2014 01:11:01 +0000

There needs to be an index to Jacques the Fatalist. It's not a novel (Diderot tells us this over and over again), but a guidebook. I'm still amazed by his comments ~~in relation to~~ on the Bitcoin blockchain: Master: And who is it up there who wrote out this good and bad fortune up above? Jacques: And who created the great scroll on which it is all written? A captain friend of my own Captain would have given a pretty penny to know that. But my Captain wouldn't have paid an obol, nor would I, for what good would it do me? Would I manage to avoid the hole where I am destined to break my neck? Master: I think so. Jacques: Well, I think not because there would have to be an incorrect line on the great scroll which contains the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. In that case it would have to be written on the scroll that Jacques would break his neck on such a day and Jacques would not break his neck. Can you imagine for one moment that that could happen, whoever made the great scroll? ..?

By: fotrkd

fotrkd — Fri, 23 May 2014 17:01:19 +0000

Damn... that would have worked much better if I'd linked the thing as well.

By: fotrkd

fotrkd — Fri, 23 May 2014 16:57:40 +0000

So maybe not the Thing, but The Happening? (Apologies, I'm in a musical mood).

By: Puzzle Privateer (@PuzzlePrivateer)

Puzzle Privateer (@PuzzlePrivateer) — Fri, 23 May 2014 03:37:25 +0000

An actual functioning and widely used anonymous currency would be one way to destroy the tax base of USG. No need to wait for the singularity!

By: The Bitcoin Singularity | Regulus in Virgo

The Bitcoin Singularity | Regulus in Virgo — Fri, 23 May 2014 02:39:16 +0000

[…] Nick Land might not be racist — or even Anti-American — but he’s definitely pro-Chinese. The Chinese are “relying increasingly on large-scale information theft” directed against American companies. Of course government secrecy and protecting privacy is major. However, unlike the government “American industry has so few incentives to come clean about its losses, and so many incentives to cover them up”. And I really do get the dealio about smart genes and such, but I’m thinking Corporate DNA is way more at risk than Human DNA at this point. […]

By: admin

admin — Fri, 23 May 2014 01:25:46 +0000

Those problems are being worked on — very quickly. Darkcoin is the latest example (and it’s gone nova). Don’t get distracted from the big picture by temporary noise.

By: VXXC

VXXC — Fri, 23 May 2014 01:23:02 +0000

Does Bitcoin blockchain keep a record of who did what with Bitcoins?

it does.

I guess no one ever heard of RICO and property seizures.

Do correct if wrong.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 22 May 2014 15:19:06 +0000

Thanks, that was interesting.

By: Nope

Nope — Thu, 22 May 2014 11:07:03 +0000

off topic, but did you catch this bit of accelerationism nick: http://www.vox.com/2014/5/20/5730762/buzzfeeds-founder-used-to-write-marxist-theory-and-it-explains