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Is it a bad idea to choose programming language based on the friendliness of its community? Among the mainstream general purpose languages which one would you consider the most fri…

>> a single consumer vs __an insurance giant__ Exactly. And that's a result of regulations.

In summary, respecting market forces is more efficient than regulation and gov monopoly.

Online payments without middlemen is a very exciting thing. There's however an aspect I'm not quite excited about. The initial coins distribution. I was under the impression that c…

>> They are doing the equivalent of printing their own monopoly money in the garage and then selling it for real currency... > Pretty much what the central banks are doing around t…

Well, actually US is not the only country in the world. There are places with zero chance to get any VC funding. I have even seen a funny acceleration program that offers $300 (thr…

Because everyone wants to own a casino, not just play there.

Ether is not like oil at all. You only somewhat need ETH. Nothing stops you from using ETC. Or starting your own fork (either private or public). Your contracts will work there jus…

There is a GNU project [1] that's basically an electronic cash. It has no restrictions on what you use as currency (fiat, gold, bitcoin). But the government cannot track what you b…

>> can someone explain why anyone would need this? > Imagine if Facebook was decentralized. You could own your data. But is blockchain really an effective solution for this kind of…

There is a saying that goes "If it's not broke, don't fix it". What problem are we solving here exactly by replacing a centralized Shopify / Amazon / E-bay by the solution you've d…

I have no idea how that's working out for Germany. But I was under the impression that Europe gives away social benefits to the refugees (at least at the initial stage). While the …