Bingo. 
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> On Apr 29, 2014, at 10:05 PM, Troy Benjegerdes <hozer@???> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 10:33:24AM -0500, John Hebert wrote:
>>> On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 6:34 AM, Joerg Platzer <joerg@???> wrote:
>>> 
>>> of course Bitcoin _is_ anarchism as it has no leader as long as we don't
>>> designate one and change the protocol in ways that allow to control it and
>>> hand that over to the leader.
>>> 
>> 
>> There is the problem. The Bitcoin Foundation's will spend $17 million USD
>> to become that "benevolent leader".
>> 
>> 
>>> These people are screaming for government regulation in order to save me
>>> from identity theft through Bitcoin. They wish to protect me and 'de-risk'
>>> Bitcoin.
>> 
>> 
>> Ye gods, save us from those who have "our best interests" in mind!
>> 
>> Math provides certainty in lieu of placing trust in people calling for
>> government regulation. A correctly implemented bitcoin system doesn't need
>> trust.
> 
> Math provides me with a strong mechanism to verify my trust is well-placed.
> 
> If I don't trust the guy I'm selling corn to not to shoot me in the head
> after unloading the commmodity, the math is quite certain if the guy aims
> properly I'm dead.
> 
> Math gives me more choices about who I can trust, instead of guys with guns
> telling me who I can trust.
> 
> But trust is still the key. Do I trust the people, the math, or the guys
> with guns?
> 
> I don't trust 95% of the code or proposals on bitcoin-dev because 95% of the
> developers posting are drawing salaries from people I fundamentally do not
> trust, because they tend to fall back on 'regulation' which eventually implies
> guns when things do not profit them.
> 
> 
> The point is, you still need trust.
> 
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> Troy Benjegerdes                 'da hozer'                  hozer@???
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> 
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>         nor try buy a hacker who makes money by the megahash
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