Nostr

when i first listened to his thesis, the way it took shape in my mind, was something along the lines of....

the more the world aligns with the concept of bitcoin, the more influence or potential each satoshi will represent. therefore, those who hold the most satoshis will command the most power / influence / control in the world.

from a national security type persepctive, the threat or attack vector would be the potential of your adversary to hold more satoshis than you, thus weilding more power / influence / control over you.

it's a decidedly militaristic framing.... but personally I don't think it's necessarily a total departure from the realities of life on planet earth...

Séimí Mac Síomón 1y ago

So it's economic warfare? o.O?

By having superior money, you incentivise people to co-operate with you in order to access it, wasn't that how venice became a political power back in the renaissance or whenever it was? The venetian florentine was the most salable good, so everything flowed into venice.

I get that idea, but I don't see it as inherently antagonistic.

Isn't it 'a priori' to assume that power will lead to attack?

I need to read more of the book though.

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Meridian 1y ago

I think his justification for the framing was that he was pitching it to his superiors, and as far as he was concerned, being military folk, they saw the world through a very particular lense... i.e. that of power, subjugation, and control...

For the same reasons that they take pains to stand up a functional navy, even during times of peace, he contends that they will need to apply the same rationale, within the emerging landscape of cyberspace...

I don't doubt that you could make an equally compelling case, in terms of framing Bitcoin as a vehicle for world peace, however I believe his contention was that had he taken that approach, his superiors would likely have dismissed him... and ultimately, his objective was to encourage them to partake of the orange pill...

Séimí Mac Síomón 1y ago

Shit man, that makes total sense.

I forgot he wrote it for the MIC and not us peace loving orange pill hippies.