Re: This new Ethereum-based “assassination market” platform could cause Napster-size legal headaches MIT Technology Review Article

[Steven Schear]

Freenet seems to work when you predominantly or solely use private/dark
peers.

On Thu, Aug 2, 2018, 4:28 PM Mirimir <mirimir at riseup.net> wrote:

> On 08/02/2018 04:14 PM, Steven Schear wrote:
> > "Augur’s creators claim they don’t have control over what its users
> choose
> > to do with the protocol—or the ability to shut it down. This creates a
> > problem that is “endemic” to blockchain technology, says Wright, who
> > recently co-wrote a book on the subject: “If you do not have a very
> > concrete intermediary—i.e., a company or group of people that are running
> > the marketplace—how do you apply laws and prevent that activity from
> > occurring?”
> >
> > This is, as they say in marketing, not a problem but a feature.
>
> Yep. I mean, that's the fucking point!
>
> But I gotta say, they need to work on the anonymity aspect. The argument
> that participation anonymity doesn't matter, as long as adversaries
> can't attribute stuff, is weak. Look at Freenet, for example.
>
> > On Thu, Aug 2, 2018, 3:55 PM jim bell <jdb10987 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611757/this-new-ethereum-based-assassination-market-platform-could-cause-napster-size-legal/
>
> <SNIP>
>
>
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