Re: [Cryptography] Krugman blockchain currency skepticism

2018-08-16 Thread grarpamp
On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 2:16 PM, Benjamin Kreuter wrote: >> > beginning of this thread was a proposal that the problem is that >> > the >> > government might target an activist group's finances. Now it >> > sounds >> > like you are talking about the government trying to attack the >> > entire >>

Re: Censorship on cypherpunks ? Re: [Cryptography] Krugman blockchain currency skepticism

2018-08-15 Thread Razer
Original message From: Greg Newby Date: 8/15/18 8:56 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Cypherpunks Subject: Censorship on cypherpunks ?   Re: [Cryptography] Krugman blockchain   currency skepticism > Is what's below complaining about the cypherpunks list?  I'm the "m

Censorship on cypherpunks ? Re: [Cryptography] Krugman blockchain currency skepticism

2018-08-15 Thread Greg Newby
Is what's below complaining about the cypherpunks list? I'm the "moderator" but never moderate anything. When mailman's auto-defenses is triggered, I need to go in and twiddle it to allow the message. For message below, mailman held the message because cypherpu...@cpunks.org was bcc'd among

Re: [Cryptography] Krugman blockchain currency skepticism

2018-08-15 Thread grarpamp
[Resending four replies in one to participants bcc uncensored cypherpunks, as censorship on an already moderator approved, thus explicitly moderator solicited, variety thread where moderator already censored the queue twice resent, and moderator approved questions by posters in thread were left

Re: [Cryptography] Krugman blockchain currency skepticism

2018-08-08 Thread grarpamp
On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 7:24 PM, Bill Frantz wrote: > OK, I can't resist any longer. Let's look at some payment and store of value > systems: Ok... > Gold metal: > Terrible for electronic payment. Transferring electronic stock in GLD, or other forms of gold securities, works fine, is slow and

Re: [Cryptography] Krugman blockchain currency skepticism

2018-08-08 Thread grarpamp
On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 4:11 PM, Benjamin Kreuter wrote: > On Mon, 2018-08-06 at 14:11 +0800, jam...@echeque.com wrote: > As others have asked, what is the problem we want to solve? The > beginning of this thread was a proposal that the problem is that the > government might target an activist

Re: [Cryptography] Krugman blockchain currency skepticism

2018-08-08 Thread grarpamp
On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 7:24 PM, Bill Frantz wrote: > OK, I can't resist any longer. Let's look at some payment and store of value > systems: Ok... > Gold metal: > Terrible for electronic payment. Transferring electronic stock in GLD, or other forms of gold securities, works fine, is slow and

Re: [Cryptography] Krugman blockchain currency skepticism

2018-08-07 Thread grarpamp
On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 4:11 PM, Benjamin Kreuter wrote: > On Mon, 2018-08-06 at 14:11 +0800, jam...@echeque.com wrote: > As others have asked, what is the problem we want to solve? The > beginning of this thread was a proposal that the problem is that the > government might target an activist

Re: [Cryptography] Krugman blockchain currency skepticism

2018-08-05 Thread grarpamp
Again, your ideas and lists?

Re: [Cryptography] Krugman blockchain currency skepticism

2018-08-05 Thread juan
On Sun, 5 Aug 2018 01:08:44 -0400 grarpamp wrote: > > is metzger himself the little king by divine right of the > > 'cryptography' mailing list? > > And your ideas as to the validity and value of well curated strictly > on topic lists / charters? what - are you retarded or

Re: [Cryptography] Krugman blockchain currency skepticism

2018-08-04 Thread grarpamp
> is metzger himself the little king by divine right of the > 'cryptography' mailing list? And your ideas as to the validity and value of well curated strictly on topic lists / charters? Particularly when... unless of course already in a censored environment / network regime, say China

Re: [Cryptography] Krugman blockchain currency skepticism

2018-08-04 Thread grarpamp
> makes it easier for perpetrators of ransomware to get paid without getting > caught. ;-) > expecting an answer that had a positive societal benefit, were you? Because I > can't think of one. Spending infracoin, onboarding outside the box into infosec, accomplishing general education... (of

Re: [Cryptography] Krugman blockchain currency skepticism

2018-08-01 Thread juan
On Tue, 31 Jul 2018 17:33:03 -0400 grarpamp wrote: > On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 7:05 AM, William Allen Simpson > wrote: > > Krugman has a column today that's saying some things that have already > > been posted here. Hopefully will gain traction. > > > >

Re: [Cryptography] Krugman blockchain currency skepticism

2018-07-31 Thread grarpamp
On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 7:05 AM, William Allen Simpson wrote: > Krugman has a column today that's saying some things that have already > been posted here. Hopefully will gain traction. > > https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/31/opinion/transaction-costs-and-tethers-why-im-a-crypto-skeptic.html