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Re: [Cryptography] defaults, black boxes, APIs,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James A. Donald)
Sun Jan 12 16:57:38 2014
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Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 07:51:34 +1000
From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
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On 2014-01-12 17:54, ianG wrote:
> Bitcoin is the bleeding edge of cryptography at the moment, because
> that's where the crypto and the money is. Curiously, there, you can be
> your own business and ship your own product. But I can easily see a
> time where the development team loses its mojo and succumbs to the big
> businesses. Then what?
Due to scaling problems, bitcoin is increasingly dominated by a rather
small group. This is likely to have bad consequences - but as yet,
still working.
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