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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> On Behalf Of ? glen >Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2022 2:53 PM >To: FriAM <[email protected]> >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 > >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. > -- glen ⛧ .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/
