Quote from: HayaH on November 20, 2018, 09:16:11 PM

Quote from: Spendulus on November 19, 2018, 01:41:36 PM

Quote from: HayaH on November 19, 2018, 11:50:52 AM

I'm baffled by those who may support forward thinking initiatives such as Bitcoin and yet cheer Trump and his wall...

So I need a passport to go to Mexico but Mexicans don't need a passport to come to the US?

It's not a passport policy I'm questioning, but rather why those people who would support a forward thinking, global, free, decentralized project like Bitcoin would ever yell America First or support Trump's wall. It's just completely against everything crypto currency stands for from where I'm standing; hence it baffled me a tad bit. That's all

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Good question.

You see, Bitcoin isn't for total free trade and movement. It's a very strict rule set, for example, protocols...

Bitcoin does not allow double spending, eg, stealing. Border walls prevent criminals, hence prevent, stealing.

The blockchain preserves the unique identity of transactions, and their history. The border wall forces people to show their unique identity and their history, including what they may want to conceal, such as criminal history, or communicable diseases. A person might be refused entry at the border, just as miners might refuse an illegitimate transaction.

Except for the rule set being applied by a government instead of peer to peer, the border wall implements a similar set of restrictions that allows freedom of movement, instead of restricting it.

Side note, I would much prefer a decentralized identity verification process through blockchain than national ID.