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May 12, 2011, 04:08
Death tote
Thanks to a familiar cypherpunk, I have been following the development
of [4]bitcoins for several months now . This is such a peer-to-peer
anonymous cryptocurrency, designed to destroy fiat money in the
future. They have their own [5]exchange (the daily turnover is several
million, and the dollar falls against bitcoins for the second month),
in some stores they even began to accept them for payment. Everything
is interesting and viable.
I thought how close we came to the embodiment of Jim Bell's "death
sweepstakes". All the necessary technology is about to be in the hands
of the layman.
Jim Bell once asked the question: “There is so much freedom on the
Internet, how can we use all this in real life?” And he came up with
an organization that is most convenient to compare with a
sweepstakes. An ordinary sweepstakes works like this: it collects
money from all participants and pays those who correctly guessed the
result.
Jim Bell's "tote" is arranged a little differently: here the subject
of guessing is the date of death of a person, and all participants
are divided into three groups. There are "donors" - these are those
who are dissatisfied with someone. There is an "object" - this is
the one with whom the "donors" are dissatisfied. And there is a
"predictor" - this is the one who predicts the date of death of the
"object". "Totalizator" collects money from "donors" and pays them
to that "predictor" who correctly guessed the date of death of the
"object".
Unclear? Then in order. First, let's discuss the roles of the
participants in more detail.
Here, let's say, a man in the street sits at home and watches the
news, and an overfed, arrogant and arrogant member of the party of
crooks and thieves is broadcasting from the screen. And the layman
understands that no democracy will help to remove this reptile from
the feeder. What is our hero doing? He anonymously deposits a
certain amount (no matter how much it is a pity - at least a dollar,
at least a thousand) to a special account, thereby becoming a
"donor". All those who do not like this particular politician send
money to the same account. "Tote" summarizes the funds received and
publishes information about the amount of money collected for the
exact prediction of the date of death of a particular "object". It
turns out such a kind of unpopularity rating. Let's say, $100,000
was collected for an accurate prediction of the date of death of
politician A, and $800,000 for politician B. This is as far as
"donors" are concerned. Let me emphasize once again that all
“donors” are anonymous.(Bitcoins are an anonymous currency, and the
"Tote" can be kept in TOR or freenet. - M.S.)
Now imagine a professional (or not so) killer. He sits at home and
studies the rating of unpopularity. For someone more money was
filed, but he also has serious security. And for someone less money,
but it's easier to get to him. In the end, a compromise is found,
and the killer becomes a "predictor". He plans to eliminate the
“object”, then makes a prediction, which he encrypts (this moment is
very important: the “Totalizer” cannot read the text of the
prediction) and, together with a certain amount of money, sends it
to the “Tote” address. And here is the money? The fact is that if
the amount of the premium for a correct prediction is significant,
and the object is elderly, there is a possibility that someone could
try to guess blindly: they would simply bet on all days for several
years. To do so was economically inefficient, and there was a
requirement to accompany the prediction with a certain amount. In
practice, this amount could be, say, one thousandth of the amount of
the premium.
If such a system works, and the old system of states cannot oppose
it with something equally revolutionary, then after a certain time
of existence of such a totalizator, literally all public politicians
will perish. And there will be no new ones: it will be clear to
everyone that the appearance on the TV screen means guaranteed
death. There will be no politicians, no government, no taxes.
There will be no army. But if there is no army, then someone will
immediately seize such a country? Do not hurry. Historical
experience shows that peoples do not bring their enmity to the point
of general war. Wars are arranged by rulers. The clearest example of
this is the situation with the German people after the Second World
War and with the peoples of the Eastern Bloc after the fall of the
Berlin Wall: as soon as the rulers disappeared, the conflict
disappeared with them. So why not just “order” the ruler of a
warring country today? The answer to this question is obvious: only
another ruler can make such a decision today. And the first thing he
thinks about is: “What if they “order” me?!” In the case when the
“customer” is society, just like that, with little bloodshed,
planetary catastrophes like the First and Second World Wars will be
prevented.
There will be no police. But if there is no police, then there will
be an orgy of crime! Again no. Instead of the police, another, much
more reliable and incorruptible mechanism of public self-regulation
will appear. The fact is that, in addition to officials, the lion's
share of crimes is committed by two categories of criminals - drug
addicts who need to get money for drugs at any cost, and
professional criminals. It is known, for example, that almost all
cars are stolen by the same people. With drug addicts, it's quite
simple: if there is no government, then there will be no prohibition
on drugs, and the problem will move from a social to a medical
one. Drug addicts will become what alcoholics are today. Only the
average life expectancy of drug addicts, as we know, is many times
less. As soon as the prohibition on drugs disappears, this business
will cease to be super-profitable.
And pharmaceutical corporations, with vast experience in the field
of drugs, will quickly fill the market with very cheap and
high-quality products. Heroin will cost as much as aspirin. Drug
addiction as a social phenomenon will be put an end to very
quickly. It's just that all drug addicts will self-destruct. There
will be no one to attract new ones. There will be no super profits,
no drug lords, no law enforcement mafia, which is vitally interested
in having drugs forever.
Even more interesting with professional criminals. The insurance
companies will deal with them. It's just that they will finance
really effective services for identifying criminals, and the
identified villains will immediately be "ordered" in the manner
described above.
Excerpt from [6]assassination politics by Jim Bell Translated
by [7]Evgeny Bogorad in my small edition.
This Goldberg Machine is already running, all that's left is to provoke
a reaction. The demand for such a sweepstakes in Russia is [8]difficult
to overestimate . Five more years and the world as we knew it will
cease to exist.
О русской народной смекалке
Из предыдущей записи вы могли узнать о проявлении русской народной
смекалки в годы Застоя. Ну, типа, купить масл...
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