Quote from: Ruthful on November 20, 2014, 06:03:38 AM

Quote from: cbeast on November 20, 2014, 05:34:11 AM

The rich and powerful usually resort to violence to achieve their ends.

Not entire true.Many of them got them by their talents(hardwork,their brains, ability to forge social connections etc) or luck,its usually the combination of those.Not all of them are despicable people ,you know.

History has taught us that those without the means to achieve thing without violence are more like to do so than those with the means(rich and powerful).There are good reason why violent crimes and social strife are more prevalent in poorer communities rather than affluent ones .

Quote from: cbeast on November 20, 2014, 05:34:11 AM

Bitcoin makes it trustless and non-violent to level the playing field.

It' hard to say that with a straight face when the playing field wasn't even violent in first place.

Quote from: cbeast on November 20, 2014, 05:34:11 AM

it will need to be earned through honesty and empathy.

The prevalence of scams and frauds involving bitcoin pretty much invalidates this statement altogether.You don't even need to leave this forum go to scam promoting ones to find them, they'r all here where we at.

I suppose drug cartels use Hallmark cards and candy to maintain their wealth and power. I never said that all of them do so. I can't even.

Quote from: Ruthful on November 20, 2014, 06:08:33 AM

Quote from: cbeast on November 20, 2014, 05:50:11 AM

That's why you use layers. Drugs cause states of consciousness that make difficult sequences hard to recall. Keys can be made to trigger alarms that alert trusted assets that can trap or track adversaries to reveal their positions for law enforcement or other forms of justice.

Again ,not unique to bitcoin .The fiat based system have been doing these for ages. Financial services notifying law enforcement when they notice suspicious transaction is one of the more basic form of this.

In theory, but it doesn't work in the internet age. Credit card fraud, bank hackers, ATM fraud, counterfeiting, etc. and taxpayers end up paying for them. Bitcoin makes all of those things impossible. The only major frauds that occur in Bitcoin are confidence games. They usually appeal to a person's greed and their isn't much anyone can do about someone willing to give their money away.