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immibis
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Sleeping beauty Bitcoin wallets wake up after 14 y...
And the Bitcoin blockchain is just another state, with just another monetary system, which you can diversify into or not, and it can fail or not.
lottin
10 months ago
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A blockchain is not a state. A state is a political entity that rules a territory through the monopoly of violence.
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lottin
10 months ago
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Sorry to say, but you're deluded. A blockchain is made of "information". Information has no coercive power. A blockchain can't enforce laws. It can't stop illegitimate violence. It can't perform any of the functions of a state. Not even remotely.
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