From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EDD4513FA for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2015 00:02:20 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail.help.org (mail.help.org [70.90.2.18]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6D64914E for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2015 00:02:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.1.10.25] (B [10.1.10.25]) by mail.help.org with ESMTPA ; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 20:02:12 -0400 To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org References: <602b978abcedd92fbed85f305d9d7bfe@cock.li> <55E4B8C9.5030606@openbitcoinprivacyproject.org> <91e79f981126ebe62e30df26e0c7ec50@cock.li> <55E4CD16.3010508@openbitcoinprivacyproject.org> From: Milly Bitcoin Message-ID: <55E4EB07.1040305@bitcoins.info> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 20:02:15 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Your Gmaxwell exchange X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2015 00:02:21 -0000 > Bitcoin is a decentralized currency which allows any person the > ability to transact in a way that does not require specific trust in > any particular party. Bitcoin is only a partial solution to the Byzantine general problem. Users do need to trust that things such as mining and development systems work as intended. Once the user trusts those systems only then is the state of the ledger trustless. Just because the state of ledger is decentralized due to mining that does not automatically mean everything associated with Bitcoin is "decentralized." (Some people actually claim reddit is decentralized because users can vote. That would mean the US government is also decentralized since there are elections but i don't think most people would agree with that definition.) Centralized and decentralized system are not intrinsically good or bad. Each one has it use cases just like a hammer and a screw driver. Claiming otherwise is treating Bitcoin a as religion rather than a technology. Russ