If Satoshi had believed it impossible to solve the Byzantine General’s problem,

we wouldn’t have bitcoin.

He solved the double-spend problem so that we could have immutable, decentralized, scarce MONEY.

Not fucking file storage!

I find it insane that some ‘bitcoiners’ think it is *impossible* to prevent spam.

Where is the Cypherpunk spirit in that?!

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Of course it's possible. But what are the tradeoffs of taking action versus simply waiting for the market to solve the problem?

We have an action bias and I think we should be more cautious with tinkering.

Maybe so, but when I see who is behind the funding I am not necessarily trusting that ‘the market’ is in any way ‘free’ or ‘natural’

At the same time I agree we need to be very cautious, just not give up

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This is why we can’t have nice things