I wrote this for inclusion in a memorial volume, Ilya Li's memorial is present
in the living and breathing of networks he helped create since 1996.
I'm not sure how many net timers knew of Ilya but until his sudden death a few
days ago - he had done so much great work from his base in Taiwan.
It seems that a strong state (ie. US) can effectively use Internet to
homogenize the population into desired directions, while the weaker
states suffer from its divisive effects. Which makes it effective
weapon, like democracy.
On 5/22/19, 02:31, Carsten Agger wrote:
The author is
Craig Steven Wright's Bitcoin Copyright 5-20-2019
Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.
https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Bitcoin%3A+A+Peer-to-Peer+Electronic+Cash+System_Code=TALL=GyPdetDjvoBFYjDbkMZ6FULpi-h_=20190522062924=25=1
Bitcoin
The author is complaining that "encryption would render everything
conveniently impenetrable"; whether that is for the government or the
platform itself is immaterial.
In fact, I'd say there is *no difference* whether communication is
monitored by governments or by platforms like Google and
