Quote from: JoelKatz on February 21, 2013, 07:39:56 AM

Quote from: niko on February 21, 2013, 06:43:03 AM

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Wouldn't it be more fair if the bitcoins were shared equally?

Bitcoins ARE shared equally. Anyone and everyone is welcome to contribute, use, and mine - under equal conditions. You can't do that with dollars, euros, gold, uranium, diamonds, sea shells, or potatoes. You can with Bitcoin. Bitcoin is intrinsically fair. Also, this thread sucks ass.

I don't get it. How are bitcoins and gold different in this regard? Anyone is free to mine gold too. And everyone doesn't have an equal opportunity to mine Bitcoin. For example, some live in areas where electricity is drastically overpriced.

No, not everyone is free to mine gold. One must have physical access to the land, and the ability (legal and physical) to tear up the landscape. This is not true for at least 80% of the population of the Earth.