[FRIAM] rhizo narratology

[Marcus Daniels]

The Bitcoin Blockchain itself is no way to remain anonymous, that's for sure.   For something like funding the Ukrainian army, it is fine because about the only thing one might worry about is a SVR hitman coming to get you, not being on a FBI list.   Those poor SVR guys are busy with a couple billion other people.   

I have purchased airline tickets with Bitcoin before, and it was mined bitcoin as you say.   The security implications of that are kind of interesting. 

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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of ? glen
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2022 3:10 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] rhizo narratology

Right. I suppose if you mine your stuff on your own, it can remain anonymous. But the very nature of ownership (and the ledger) press against anonymity.

On March 24, 2022 2:58:06 PM PDT, Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com> wrote:
>e.g. one invests via Coinbase and gives them a picture of a passport, in order to register a bank -- a source for USD exchange -- then the high order rules related to detection of money laundering impinge on that investment.    I'm so crippled by particulars.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of ? glen
>Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2022 2:53 PM
>To: FriAM <friam at redfish.com>
>Subject: [FRIAM] rhizo narratology
>
>I am whipped into a state of enthusiasm by that phrase! 8^)
>
>https://blog.keithwhamon.net/2022/03/rhizo-narratology-decentralized.html?m=1
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>But it raises an issue I've had with distributed ledgers (ala cryptocurrencies) for awhile. When fanbois use the word "decentralized", it smacks of (technical) bullshit. Sure, the ledger may be decentralized. But the only thing that makes the token decentralized is the market wherein I can exchange one token for another. That raises (yes I know I'm a broken record) the idea that higher order objects impinge, top-down, on their lower order constituents.
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glen ⛧


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