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Re: [Cryptography] DNSNMC deprecates Certificate Authorities and
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg)
Wed Dec 18 17:46:19 2013
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From: Greg <greg@kinostudios.com>
In-Reply-To: <8E8ED331-39C2-463B-B524-5F10C4D8F5EC@lrw.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 17:44:43 -0500
To: Jerry Leichter <leichter@lrw.com>
Cc: Cryptography <cryptography@metzdowd.com>, Ben Laurie <ben@links.org>
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On Dec 17, 2013, at 8:15 PM, Jerry Leichter <leichter@lrw.com> wrote:
> ...completely missing the point of Ben's paper. It really comes down =
to the following:
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> "So now we have either an existence proof of an efficient solution, or =
a proof that Bitcoin doesn=92t work."
>=20
> [..]
>=20
> The paper is offered as a proof by contrapositive that "Bitcoin =
doesn't work" - though you have to read that phrase in context. What's =
being denied is that "Bitcoin is a decentralized currency" in the sense =
described in the paper.
As far as I was able to tell, the paper was a restatement of the =
well-known 51% problem.
Am I wrong? If so, please explain how.
Cheers,
Greg
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Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also =
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after-white-space;"><div>On Dec 17, 2013, at 8:15 PM, Jerry Leichter =
<<a href=3D"mailto:leichter@lrw.com">leichter@lrw.com</a>> =
wrote:</div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"word-wrap: =
break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: =
after-white-space;">...completely missing the point of Ben's paper. =
It really comes down to the following:<div><br></div><div>"<span =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: CMR10; font-size: =
13px;">So now we have either an existence proof of an efficient =
solution, or a proof that Bitcoin doesn=92t =
work."</span></div></div></blockquote><div><div style=3D"word-wrap: =
break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: =
after-white-space;"></div></div><div></div><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><div><br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>[..]</div><div><br></div></b=
lockquote><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"word-wrap: =
break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: =
after-white-space;"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family:=
CMR10; font-size: 13px;"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-family: Courier; font-size: 14px;">The paper is offered as =
a proof by contrapositive that "Bitcoin doesn't work" - though you have =
to read that phrase in context. What's being denied is that =
"Bitcoin is a decentralized currency" in the sense described in the =
paper.</span></span></div></blockquote><br></div><div>As far as I was =
able to tell, the paper was a restatement of the well-known 51% =
problem.</div><div><br></div><div>Am I wrong? If so, please explain =
how.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Greg</div><div><br></div><=
div apple-content-edited=3D"true">--<br>Please do not email me anything =
that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA.<br>
</div>
<div><div><br></div></div></body></html>=
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