We know that Satoshi's vision is one of Bitcoin as Money; nothing else.
From the "Bitcoin p2p e-cash paper":
From the "Bitcoin p2p e-cash paper":
Smart contract, smart property, autonomous agents, distributed markets will be a staple of the blockchain technology whether you like it or not and sidechains are the ideal and arguably most natural way to implement these.
The bold part is the only false part of that statement.
This is a classic example of the geeks trying to do too much at one time.
"The geeks fail to understand that which Satoshi hath created"-cypherdoc
Had to tweak it a bit...
Argument: missing.
Show me a better way to implement fully decentralized smart platforms while also preserving the miners' potentially essential transactional revenues.
I know this is still theory at the moment but if the technology in the white paper can be safely implemented than I don't see a better technology on the market, at least presently.
Argument: missing.
Why is it assumed we need to implement fully decentralized smart platforms in the Bitcoin system?
Because Bitcoin is the one & only trusted ledger. If it isn't built within Bitcoin then you sacrifice trust.
Blockstream said it best : Can't be evil
no, he asked why we need these fully decentralized smart platforms in the first place? presumably for stocks, bonds, insur, contracts, etc.
the answer you gave before is b/c "looky, everyone else is trying to develop these!" that's a fallacious argument b/c it presumes they're correct in their quest that ppl want these things.
i've already argued that NO ONE wants these things. that's b/c the primary problem in finance today is fiat MONEY. the 6B that exist outside the US simply want a reliable, secure SOV. little do they know that if they invest in Bitcoin, as it is, they could eventually disrupt the whole fiat USD reserve system and become the world's new elite. even Americans don't want these speculative assets:
so the reason these other Bitcoin 2.0 platforms are climbing all over themselves to develop these things is b/c they don't know what the hell they're doing and misunderstand Bitcoin and what it represents: Sound Money.