I can't really think of a scenario when DDOSing would be responsible policing. If that kind of tactic becomes common it can set up the exact type of aggressive struggle we don't want a 51%er in.
This could be argued is a side-effect of the anarchic, decentralized nature of Bitcoin. If you have a problem with another operator, you may not have any legal, civilized means of achieving redress, so (virtual) "violence" may be your only practical recourse. There may be a moral in here about the nature of voluntaryism. I'm a bitcoin booster but these are real issues that need to be thought about.
If you have a problem with another operator, you may not have any legal, civilized means of achieving redress, so (virtual) "violence" may be your only practical recourse.
It would be less depressing if these real issues were novel; but they were written about by authors as far back in time as Hobbes.
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I can't really think of a scenario when DDOSing would be responsible policing. If that kind of tactic becomes common it can set up the exact type of aggressive struggle we don't want a 51%er in.
This could be argued is a side-effect of the anarchic, decentralized nature of Bitcoin. If you have a problem with another operator, you may not have any legal, civilized means of achieving redress, so (virtual) "violence" may be your only practical recourse. There may be a moral in here about the nature of voluntaryism. I'm a bitcoin booster but these are real issues that need to be thought about.
It would be less depressing if these real issues were novel; but they were written about by authors as far back in time as Hobbes.