Did Hayek ever envision a trustless ledger like Bitcoin?
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At least a sly roundabout way
But Bitcoin is not a sly roundabout alternative.
It’s a new technology altogether which is usually unstoppable and doesn’t do sly roundabout.
Bitcoin isn’t sly but I think it’s excactly the kind of thing he thought when he said it
In the beginning it was enough sly and roundabout to not draw to much serious attention. We’re past that stage now though
you didn't get what Hayek was saying - the way in which it was introduced was sly and roundabout - there is no stopping it and Satoshi made sure of that by disappearing... very sly and roundabout of him...
What I’m saying is it wouldn’t have made a difference if Satoshi didn’t disappear. He invented an entirely new technology and that is all that matters.
No but he literally wrote the book on competing currencies.