Bitcoin

[wolf]

Originally Posted by wolf

I smell bipolar disorder.

Originally Posted by sad_winslow

eh?

Meaning this sounds very much like an unmedicated manic guy's plan to save the world.

As the guy said to me the other night ... "I'm manic. I'm brilliant. I should be the fucking ruler of the free world."

"That's nice, sir. Your room is right this way."

[sad_winslow]

Originally Posted by wolf

Meaning this sounds very much like an unmedicated manic guy's plan to save the world.

As the guy said to me the other night ... "I'm manic. I'm brilliant. I should be the fucking ruler of the free world."

"That's nice, sir. Your room is right this way."

ahhh, I see. i think the word you were looking for was "libertarian"
(oh god don't hang me libertarians, I'm joking)

it does have a bit of that sort of tinfoil-hat-ness to it, though, I'll agree. on the other hand, I can't help but support experimenting with new social and economic systems via technology, broadly speaking, and the technology behind this is fairly fascinating to me and is absolutely real, and semi-feasible enough that it's got a (VERY small) economy going, at least for now.

generally any given experiment may or may not work (and personally I figure the Bitcoin concept probably won't go anywhere, honestly, but maybe i'll be proven wrong), but it's more the idea that counts. making a change, good or bad, large or small, has never happened because someone had an idea and immediately said "this is stupid and i shouldn't even try".