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@nbering This seemed relevant to the conversation:

There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult.

–Tony Hoare, 1980

Without security, digital is just an illusion.

One of the main reasons our internet security is so shitty, is because no one wants to pay for security... however, everyone will pay for convenience. Making an application convenient is hard, but making it secure is even harder. But its easier to justify to investors who salivate over "convenience" and "efficiency" and such.

I hate the new fucking starbucks commercial, jesus christ the song is infuriating.

Personal Sovereignty Union Agreement

One thing we have to remember in crypto currency development, is that you cannot separate the network and the social element that surrounds it.

Rule 1 of the network state: the only things that make sense, are the things that seemingly make no sense on the face of it. Hence why it takes time to understand bitcoins quixotic nature.

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"Patriotism taken too far is fanaticism." Captain freaking America, ladies and gentlemen.

The arduous process of gaining eligibility and maintaining that eligibility for PoA verification is, in my opinion, extremely labor intensive since it requires a plethora of state backed judicial services behind it. Reputation is far from a proper incentive.

Great article revolving around lightning network:
"We cannot go from Trace Mayer’s sixth network effect of financialization to the seventh network effect of reserve currency status without the correct financial tools."
medium.com/@timevalueofbtc/the

Lol @ eos, what a joke. Talk about the opposite of fault tolerance.