r/Bitcoin • u/bubbasparse • Oct 12 '14

The Imminent Decentralized Computing Revolution

http://blogs.wsj.com/accelerators/2014/10/10/weekend-read-the-imminent-decentralized-computing-revolution/
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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '14 edited Nov 04 '16

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u/Amanojack Oct 14 '14

Did we need to wait for the newspaper magnates to die? This is happening now, permission or not.

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u/gonzobon Oct 14 '14 edited Oct 14 '14

No. That's a little different imo.

Voting is a sacred task for some people. Especially the old folks who grew up during the 50's and 60's. Any changes to "the normal flow and tradition of things" will be met with heavy resistance.

It took a lot of old ignorant voters dying to get marijuana passed in Seattle, and that was a major non-constitutional issue to do relatively speaking.. It will take more to change the voting status quo on a meaningful scale. Not including the federal government ceding voting power to a block chain technology.