Quote from: JorgeStolfi on June 29, 2015, 03:10:59 PM

We must distinguish what is (not) a crime from what ought (not) to be a crime.

We should also distinguish the way legal systems actually work from how they ought to work. You've offered a lot of opinions on how they ought to work. How they work instead is that international financiers buy off or threaten all of the judges and they just do whatever they are told. Legal systems have no duty to protect individual rights. When push comes to shove, they don't even have the ability to do so. Trial judges typically don't even attempt to try. Millions of people live outside of organized legal systems. And national governments and their dictates have no jurisdiction in international relations, where Bitcoin must reside.

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So you seem to be saying that, in your opinion, the only thing that should be a crime is "initiate force on anyone". Well, that is not my opinion.

Then your opinion is inconsistent and, therefore, wrong. It is impossible for any logic-based system to attempt to impose your opinion. So there is no reason for Bitcoin to even try; and it won't.

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A system that does not allow mistakes and crimes to be corrected is a stupid defective system.

Yes, and that's the "system" most of us live under. Fortunately, Bitcoin isn't a "system". It's a simple realization of fundamental natural law. I'm sure, at some point, some will attempt to build reversible "systems" on top of Bitcoin. And then you and the other 99% can use those, if you prefer. But, when that happens, they will be as voluntary as Bitcoin is.

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In particular, without laws and courts there is no concept of "property".

Individuals are perfectly capable of enforcing agreements without laws and courts.

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As I wrote, bitcoiners call them advantages, but for the other 99.9% they are fatal flaws.

I'd argue that most people prefer their currency not to track and front-run them and not to evaporate based on the whims of some third party. The current bank runs going on in Greece should be evidence of this.

Like I said, Bitcoin is a currency. It's not a "system". Systems can be built on top of Bitcoin, and using Bitcoin; and, eventually, they will be. But nothing like Bitcoin, which protects the rights of everyone, not just those lucky few capable of navigating corrupt legal systems, can be built on top of any kind of "system" you have advocated so far.