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Radio waves were discovered

The possibility of FM Radio was discovered

The actual apparatus, channels, and so on was invented

98.1 "The Rock" was invented and not discovered

Similarly, the possibility of using a cryptographic public ledger to verify transaction events was discovered and not invented, but the particular public ledgers and particular methods of using this technology were invented, including Bitcoin

Pepe NOSTRos 1y ago

you are moving the goal post. I said math is discovered. you are broadening the scope. However, even in doing so you are making my point. What you call an invention i call an emergent method. The set of ideas and connections that become apparent once discovery made guides the mind to the method. The discovery is the root.

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a source familiar with the matter 1y ago

My point is that Bitcoin (a specific ledger with a specific number of units and a specific schedule of issuance) was invented, could easily have been invented differently, and thus is not truly scarce.

I can make Bitcoin 2.0 which takes the exact same source code but only ever issues 100,000 units.

Should my Bitcoin 2.0 be worth 210 times as much as your Bitcoin 1.0? It's 210 times as scarce but with the exact same properties

Pepe NOSTRos 1y ago

ok. I think we agree on all but what invent means and that is mostly semantic. be well fren

SwissNode 1y ago

yes, exactly this