Re: [cryptography] Crypto-economics metadiscussion

2011-06-14 Thread Ian G
On 14/06/11 2:31 AM, Marsh Ray wrote: I 'aint no self-appointed moderator of this list and I do find the subject of economics terribly interesting, but maybe it would make sense to willfully confine the scope of our discussion of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies to the crypto side of it.

Re: [cryptography] Crypto-economics metadiscussion

2011-06-14 Thread Ian G
On 15/06/11 12:47 AM, Ian G wrote: Or worse: http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=16457.0 That link is down, no surprise. From my cached copy, I wrote it up on the blog: http://financialcryptography.com/mt/archives/001327.html Far too much from me, signing out... iang.

Re: [cryptography] Crypto-economics metadiscussion

2011-06-13 Thread James A. Donald
On 2011-06-14 2:31 AM, Marsh Ray wrote: I 'aint no self-appointed moderator of this list and I do find the subject of economics terribly interesting, but maybe it would make sense to willfully confine the scope of our discussion of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies to the crypto side of it.

Re: [cryptography] Crypto-economics metadiscussion

2011-06-13 Thread Steven Bellovin
Well, obviously, bitcoin is succeeding because the financial crisis has caused loss of trust in government approved and regulated solutions. Obviously? I do not think this word means what you think it means. --Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb

Re: [cryptography] Crypto-economics metadiscussion

2011-06-13 Thread Peter Gutmann
Marsh Ray ma...@extendedsubset.com writes: I 'aint no self-appointed moderator of this list and I do find the subject of economics terribly interesting, but maybe it would make sense to willfully confine the scope of our discussion of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies to the crypto side of