Monthly Archives: March 2013

The Miners’ “Greed” will Save Bitcoin

It just occurred to me that the Bitcoin system of production does not need to be controlled at all, not pogrammatically, not even by any rule. What will limit production is the profitability of miners. At this stage of development, Bitcoin … Continue reading

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Would Bitcoin Suffer a Similar Fate as that of Unix on the Desktop?

I have seen the Grand Canyon of Arizona, and I am still smarting from its effect on my perception of reality. Its grandeur reminded me of a paradox, the paradox of what I would call “chance and permanence”: nature works … Continue reading

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