Ask HN: If net neutrality gets repealed, what could this mean for Bitcoin?

#1

Post by i_call_solo » Fri, Dec 08, 2017, 12:41 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: If net neutrality gets repealed, what could this mean for Bitcoin?

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Post by wmf » Fri, Dec 08, 2017, 2:21 AM UTC

Nothing, because ISPs don't care about Bitcoin. They neither profit from it nor incur any noticeable costs.

Re: Ask HN: If net neutrality gets repealed, what could this mean for Bitcoin?

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Post by bitxbitxbitcoin » Fri, Dec 08, 2017, 3:05 AM UTC

wmf wrote: post #2

Nothing, because ISPs don't care about Bitcoin. They neither profit from it nor incur any noticeable costs.

They could be paid by parties that don't like Bitcoin, though...

Re: Ask HN: If net neutrality gets repealed, what could this mean for Bitcoin?

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Post by bitxbitxbitcoin » Fri, Dec 08, 2017, 3:06 AM UTC

Honestly, it could mean some really bad things. But as another comment pointed out, they'd need a financial incentive to counteract the bad press. And oh would there be bad press.

Re: Ask HN: If net neutrality gets repealed, what could this mean for Bitcoin?

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Post by wmf » Fri, Dec 08, 2017, 4:15 AM UTC

bitxbitxbitcoin wrote: post #3

wmf wrote: post #2

Nothing, because ISPs don't care about Bitcoin. They neither profit from it nor incur any noticeable costs.

They could be paid by parties that don't like Bitcoin, though...

I don't think that makes sense either for ISPs or for the third party. ISPs are evil, but they're not cackling supervillain evil.