Brian Holmes on Sun, 31 Dec 2017 20:11:43 +0100 (CET)


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Re: <nettime> Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain


On 12/31/2017 12:50 PM, byfield wrote:
the idea of 'dual-use' technologies... is mostly a clerical distinction

So the people behind the DARPA Grand Challenges are clerics?

Ted, we could have a relatively boring discussion about how US military investments have played a role parallel but not analogous to that of central-planning agencies like Japan's MITI when it comes to steering technological development - but either I misunderstand you, or you seem behind the curve on this one? What exactly is your objection?

Beyond that, bravo for excavating the Austrian ideology of Bitcoin, they're all goldbugs and sure looks and acts like synthetic gold to me.

best, BH
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