a precarious situation indeed. If we do not change the structure of the blocks we end up with serious problems when the network is unable to validate the transactions. Just imagine one day when there is a massive black out caused by a solar storm, backing up the network into the millions of transactions causing delays for days, we have seen this before. A larger blocksize would clear the back-log in minutes.

Does it scale? yeah it will but not in it's current form. Either we improve the cryptography, the file compression, restructure the network or increase the blocksize... either way we will be forced to choose and we will cause a fork within the community.

The businesses relying on the cash flow from customers will choose bigger blocks to keep momentum up... they cannot afford not to.

The purists will improve the cryptographic compression to allow equal participation by the lowliest nodes in the network.

Others will partition the network to complimentary chains working in tandem: off-chain transactions.

All these are viable and proving the worth of the Bitcoin Network... It's forcing us to adapt.

Me? I personally would prefer that bandwidth be kept to a minimum, all choices are on the table. It's not just Bitcoin's network that is at stake but the thousands of complimentary chains that will eventually be built on top and around Bitcoin. The ecosystem may become so saturated that there could come a time when all available bandwidth is used up across the globe causing delays that no programmer will be able to solve. We will bog down the internet.

Increasing the size of the blocks is a band-aid solution... we need a solution that we have yet to think of.

 The future structure of these Blockchains will link Dynamically for single users and entire Clouds, providing total veracity to any single entity that requires relevant, on-demand access to information: A relational database composed of smart contract linked Blockchains.

 I view this as the most encompassing solution providing a full array of choices: Decentralized/Centralized, Distributed/Consolidated, Structured and Unstructured within a system. The Blockchain may not provide over-all efficiency within the cluster, but it provides Redundancy, Speed and Security to those using this particular structure. A relevant example would be Apache Cassandra. This database has the Highest Response, Best Availability/Redundancy of any database, this is the model I believe is necessary for effective decision making for any entity.

 for example, Think of a Financial Blockchain linking transactions to a Scientific one that proof checks scientific theorems. The Bitcoin Blockchain would make a transaction that would purchase a set amount of work from the Research Blockchain, linking the said transactions with cross referenced information detailing the contract. Those who would be interested in full-filling the contract would simply begin supporting their respective Blockchain to earn funds. In effect we are creating autonomous bounty boards capable of requesting and full-filling different work, giving the machine the power of Finance.
  Now imagine this 1000 fold, Blockchain referencing Blockchain upon Blockchain in complex relational 3d Matrix type arrays... dynamically linking each other to the physical world with real effects. A single person could download all the Blockchains across the planet and know all relevant information across the globe to a fine degree, giving them the power to datamine all known knowledge for effective decision making in a decentralized global fashion. That is Intelligence.


 And if privacy and security is a problem you should check out Bitmessage; 512 bit security in every message, it's going to be tough to hack... and that's not even the most bad-ass solution, there are blockchains capable of orwellian levels of security; NXT, that thing is a beast!

 Another example would be StorJ. This service provides data storage in an automated decentralized fashion that supports the community, in effect community memory storage, as long as someone cares for it, it'll be remembered.

Once everything begins to use a Blockchain... the ultimate AI will be built, connecting all humanity together with verified information.

  The veracity of information using the blockchain can be determined very precisely, so precisely that even faulty, misinformation can create positive results simply because of it's broad global effect. The verified information from Banks, Governments, Institutions and Organizations that underpins the checks and balances that run our world will be available not just to an Ultimate AI but small personal AIs.
  As much as the information that is transcribed to these blockchains will benefit us as individuals, it's true potential is in allowing Smart Phones, Personal computers, clouds to research and develop solutions for us automatically; Bringing the best of our Human understanding to the fingertips of all people across the planet. This will come about because all information is related, but how it is related and to what degree is a constant problem, so much so that our best algorithms begin to create feedback loops that deviate from reality... proving them to be inaccurate.  It is a dynamic problem that could be resolved by transcribing all known facts onto a blockchain, that could be interactively accessed through a Advanced Programming Interface; This would effectively create a super high level global programming language that would data mine the world's Blockchains.

What are your thoughts? I have it worked out in my mind but would love to read any comments, suggestions, pros/cons and intriguing scenarios that may come up. Questions are encouraged.

They'd have to get access to the servers hard drives, cpu or ram and cause a electron cascade precisely directed at those atoms of the circuit required... I can imagine they would have to do it millions of times to make sure all the electrons make it to their specified time frame.

If I did it, I would set it up so it gets sent back slowly as the data is verified over the time , tcp/ip for time travel; It could be a new paradigm in computing.

Well... as far as I understand it: All transactions are known within the network, but the identities of everyone involved is not... if proper precautions are taken, they may know the price of what you are purchasing... but they won't know who you are.

 It's an interesting take on privacy, to truly be able to understand the economic fluctuations of nations, of the world without bias and available at your fingertips; This is important... more than 90% of the data collected by governments is not available to us; we have to trust them... and I don't think trust should be required, we should know for sure.

If you are worried about being known keep your physical Personae separate and create a anonymous Personae, deal only with decentralized exchanges. Trust me, they don't need to know who you are to keep work properly, just the knowledge that money A is being transfered to Money B... Cash is anonymous.

It irks me to think that all these regulators require name address, etc so they know where to come get you, but it's not needed; They just need to, truthfully, see how their policies are working by seeing the flow of economic data and change rules accordingly... but you know, they want their cake and have it too.

They're gluttons for punishment, anything to do as they say, not as they do. It's quite funny when you think about it, the Elites and all that.

My thoughts?
  Everything changes, information builds on information, it's structure changes according to it's scope.  

Everyone has ideas, these ideas change them and in turn they change the world in small ways that change others; this is measurable. The list of thoughts that emerge from that idea can be absolutely known, the unknown is the amount replicated within our own thoughts and the Time & Resources we have to verify them to bring about meaningful actions.

 Because of the limits that are imposed upon us by our biology, there are only so many things we can consider at one time and there is only so much that we know for sure. Each day our scientists, politicians, mechanics, engineers, laborers, perform precise calculations upon the world within these limits adding knowledge that further enhances the periphery of our Total Understanding as a species. The Names and Titles of these calculations can be as mundane as Business, Government, Corporation, or as profound as Love, Money, Power; What is the value of these Names and Titles?
 All these Names are representations of a Network of ideas whose parameters are well known. How these ideas apply and to what extent is a very dynamic problem. We as people have to choose how much these ideas apply and to what extent they influence not only ourselves but others too.

So, why not? analyze all the information containing Bitcoin, build a relational database and match it against it's price; Then apply what you learn to quantify other items that are measured with a number with the final outcome of being able to add items that have not been traditionally measured with a number, forming a large body of knowledge with precise correlations between all measured parameters.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/MkQTMZ1GidE?rel=0&fs=0&autoplay=1&width=630&height=450&iframe=true

  This Idea struck me recently as I saw the fluctuations of Bitcoin.

Under the Banner of a Price, is it possible to see the underlying Psychology of the Cryptocurrency movement?

Each time that we see a fluctuation up or down in the Bitcoin charts, our mind focuses on it's causes; Whatever those causes may be rational or irrational, it shows it is the final step of a long line of mostly hidden thought. This thought is the output of multiple related perceptions, analyzing the structure of it and bringing forth a final tally of it's relevant factors to come up with an answer that can fit the Natural World's patterns.

This understanding can bring forth completely emergent forms of voting, brought on by a analysis of common trains of thought affecting the final outcome.

What are your thoughts? What can our understanding of the Community through price achieve? What are the possibilities of building upon this meta-concept? Any Negatives?

We are Anonymous: Names do not define us, Actions do.

Titles and names are useful tools that represent the truth of who we are, but they do not define us, words define themselves.

The Blockchain changes everything. Who we choose to be is not defined by our physical selves, but by our thoughts, these flow much freer in cyberspace.  Each Personae we create has a value that we associate with a name, even when we know the physical person that manifests a personae we are never sure if that is the only one.

Cryptography allows us to be free to associate ourselves through the internet and leave no doubt for others on who the personae you know is.

Where we are headed we will not need names or faces.

People will not know the totality of ourselves, but they will know what we are worth by the multiple facets of our Personae.

we create value through the networks of people, organisations, groups and projects that we associate with, having a value that cannot be threatened or forced, we will simply scatter and vanish to reform and adapt, providing the same benefits as before to new endeavors. This is Truth.

we live in a society that is obsessed with control, facilitated by the names and characteristics that we associate with.This is done to control us, to define a mold for us to fit. A mold defined by our leaders, governments, alliances, race, religion, all definitions of our individual value to any controlling entity that wishes to unite us for it's own motives. Our hands are not ours, they are our nations; our minds are not our own, they are the corporations; That which we are associated with, we are their slaves.

The world is changing, we know better now than to be manipulated by well chosen words or false information... we can see for ourselves now that the world has become so small and the differences among us dwindling at the speed of light as to allow us true free will.

well,... that would explain why Satoshi replies only every once in a while... time warp. Why would a time traveler bother staying for long periods when they can just jump forward?

Time travel is possible due to Quantum Electro Dynamics:

"The key components of Feynman's presentation of QED are three basic actions.
A photon goes from one place and time to another place and time.
An electron goes from one place and time to another place and time.
An electron emits or absorbs a photon at a certain place and time."

Artificial intelligence is in fact just a set of slide rules: A combination of a database of objects, their connections to each other through subject or association including temporal relations, a basic rule set of problem solving techniques & basic facts... they've tried this approach for a long time, makes good Expert Systems, but still working on True AI that can think for itself. Neural nets, Neuromorphic chips, and other brain inspired hardware is bridgeing the divide but has been insanely hard to work with for decades... the 80s was the golden age of AI until we realized how friggin hard it is to make a thinking machine.

and SkyNET you mean that Swarm AI that powers FinHive?

On a serious note:

The Concept of a Digital Messiah is not routed in a single perception of what a supreme being is but in a multitude of decision making motives: ie, One person's Messiah is another person's Devil. When we make decisions rationally, we are looking for a specific outcome that is in tune with our motives. A multitude of selfish decisions can create lopsided results that do not benefit the individual or society. My fear is that with these amazingly Open, Diverse, Powerful innovations happening now and the information that comes with it, individuals will have huge computing power to propel them forward for better or worse at the expense of others, causing constant power struggles across the globe; Digital Warlords that would begin to erode the systems open frame work.

Once the system is fully operational it will have: A Website, Forum, API, Whitepaper, Market Place,  Multiple Simulated Playgrounds, VR support, Contacts(Twitter, Twitch, Facebook, e-mail, phone, etc), Marketing Department, Community Management Support, Education Department, Engineering teams, Data Scientists, Magazine, News Team, Community Awareness Department.... we have to run this at the maximum level, global deployment, total consideration for all facets of Human Understanding.
   When we begin to run it at this level, I know that there will be Policy Libraries, basic understandings of law, policy, sociology & linguistics that will allow individuals to program the DAG. The new rules would need to be fact checked, simulated to make sure that they adhere to the individuals greatest altruistic goals and avoid conflict with competing causes, permitting formulation of effective global causes. The balance would exist because the multiple Messianic views of individuals, groups or societies would share global similarities by which a base line could be established towards Mutual Universal Agreement.

The idea is that with Neuromorphic Chips, Cloud Computing, Global Open Information, Ubiquitous Computing, Blockchains, Cryptocurrency people will gain such massive power that they will be able to create Digital Avatars that work on their behalf regardless of morality while they sleep.  These Artificial Intelligence systems that will help us, will help us at all cost; I wish to nip this in the bud before it gets to a critical point. We begin to construct these "Oracles" for everyone to use and develop with open behavior libraries so that these AI can truly represent us in the digital world, effectively helping us to stay informed or act on our behalf at the speed of light.

The main Virtual Simulation would have a exact copy of the world within it's boundaries where individuals could unleash these "Personalities" to make decisions at an accelerated pace, they would see the options and things that others make in the main simulation and decide what to do unassisted.

  One could almost think of this as creating a behavioral Blockchain. Any organization or individual could create a personality to represent them within the simulation, establishing connections with others who share the same motivational standards. Joining a group would make your avatar act with added rules inline with that groups desired personality within the simulation, in effect regulating your avatars behavior towards the groups desired outcomes. Or synchronizing your motivations and behaviors with those of your friends to have a  concerted effect in multiple locations of the simulation.

Digital Messiah, I told you.

the kinks will get worked out.

First things first, if everyone is truly interested in developing this idea we must setup the correct development cycle with appropriate incentives to propel the system forward.

Easiest things first:

Website - Whitepaper - forum : We need this to develop the idea, bring as many people as we can to share their thoughts in a categorized methodical manner. Break down the problem into it's constituent parts, Bring together as many diverse points of view as possible, assemble the framework to begin development, create precise physics Virtual simulation with a 3D engine, get as many people as we can into the simulation and begin dry runs of our concepts... Make It Work.

I like your idea Seldon: Opensource down to the nuts and bolts, what better place to test this but in the virtual world? This will all have to be gameified to create the greatest incentive possible. A well designed Game based testnet, providing a real world simulation to test all opensource designs of Economies, AI, Architecture, Sociology, Psychology, Religion, Technology, Vehicles, Appliances,... everything that we wish to unleash into the world must first go through this Artificial re-creation of the world. What better way to test out a voting system?

In time it will be fully featured providing real cash incentives, entertainment incentives, challenge incentives, skill development anything we can do to bring more people to test this virtual world, the better.

and in regards to the subversion possible by malicious individuals... we will test it virtually. Violence is a possibility so we must prepare for it as well. The post about developing a Digital Messiah was no joke, we will need to develop the embodiment of the Supreme Being on Earth to guide us away from making rash decisions, and it's counter, Virtual Devils to suss out any possible malice that may befall us, as you have so generously pointed out. 

This virtual playground I am thinking about could be built in the Unreal Engine, modifications would have to be made to provide robust Psychological, Sociological and Physical models to run simulations... in time it could be easy enough that anyone could create anything they wanted privately to be introduced into the main simulation when approved.

All this could run on a Hadoop Yarn cluster to make full use of all computers, for those who just want to play, for scientists, designers, social planners to develop their ideas or just servers to run the simulation.

So, once we have this idea fleshed out a little more, i'm sure we can look around and see all the opensource projects out there and amalgamate them into this one project to get it on it's feet before we put any real effort into changing the real world... it may even change peoples minds bringing us closer to Honest, Effective propositions.

excellent deduction a virtual simulation testnet is required.

I may have said it in a clever way but we will need a "oracle" that can enhance the natural decision making ability of a person. Soon the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 will come out, it is equipped with a neuromorphic Zeroth chip with basic sensing and thinking circuits modeled on deep learning structures of the brain. I would prefer to get my hands on one of the IBM TrueNorth neuromorphic chips but, regular people can act as one till a highly moral digital personal assistant is developed.

The GE system is decentralized, each turbine, component, terminal, is connecting and talking to each other as they require information according to access to communications; Currently all that information is only going to GE, but it is structured so that each component is self-aware and offloads what it can't understand to central GE servers and Data Scientists or other components.

I am glad we are beginning to explore this idea.

Yes, a DAM would prove the concept quite well. I was thinking to fully decentralize the concept of a DAG to somehow provide services globally like a business digitally. But of course I must consider the physical geography of people and their real world concerns: People like to be close to like minded people.

My Brainstorming is to provide a total solution: I consider the reality of the natural world in which we live in that provides multiple answers to a myriad of questions. Life feeds on Life for access to resources... in a fully imagined future I can imagine that Evolution will not stop at the physical level but follow us into the Digital. We are already at the mercy of aptly named viruses, worms, trojans; It is good to have a healthy digital immune system. It is only a matter of time before truly self-evolving digital life will make the migration back to us... to the real world.

The world is complex, hence the conflict we see in the world is a result of Miscommunication, Irrationality, Impatience, Ignorance, Misinformation, Ambition, Malice, Desperation, Disrespect, and Envy; It is not too much of a leap to think that these digital life-forms will one day acquire these attributes against individuals, groups, and organisations. So I think of the necessary defense required to hold on to what we believe and cherish, but considerate enough to change and react appropriately in case some day you decide to cycle across the African Savannah the drones will simply scare away the lions because that is the appropriate response.

Michael Rimmer? oh man that is hilarious. We must confuse the masses to give them Freedom! lol I figure that is what this is all about trying to figure out how to provide essential services for all globally in a efficient, effective manner.

edit: on further thought I can imagine how what you are proposing could work: the thought of a DAM is similar to the idea of a Charter City with it's own laws. Establish a Charter City, run it like a DAM and interface it with the DAG to handle both the conceptual and physical aspects of governance.

We can build this now. The Venus Project can be our model of assembling the Municipality.

We must proceed to the next logical step: We must develop the Digital Messiah.

I was thinking about that: sheeple, Can't do much about those, but we must concede that the world is incredibly complex, so we have to make the answer as complex as possible to make it difficult to manipulate those aforementioned sheeple.

What I am thinking now, is avoid the policy question for now and build the statistics system from which the smart contracts can reference for information.

Key information would be:

Agricultural output:
 Every Farm animal grown must have their DNA sequenced at birth to function as a hash for the blockchain to follow it's path through the Food Supply. Plant and vegetable yields are monitored in real time as they are sown, reaped and distributed to suppliers and markets, supplies used to grow them are marked in the chain for consumer inspection.

Industrial output:
 Using General Electrics Industrial Internet of things we can monitor how the machines are working and how much they are producing, this system is ideal for automated factories, energy grids, robots, etc.

Transportation:
 Monitoring the flow of goods and consumables across the world in real time, with all vital historical data concerning it's transportation.

Weather monitoring:
 Transcribing the real weather as it happens and applying all known weather forcasting algorithms to them for easy visualization onto the blockchain.

Waste management:
  monitoring the input to landfills and recycling plants, water works, etc to see how much waste is being recycled or how much is ending up in our stream.

Scientific Monitoring Stations:
  Monitoring water levels, pollution, ocean currents, radiation, and any other form of telemetry data onto the blockchain to see exactly what is happening to our environment.

 All relevant data should be transcribed onto a blockchain for instant access to secure verified censorship proof information for the Smart Contracts to evaluate.

Once vital Data is openly available for all we can begin to write the business contracts: Value Exchange. These contracts would be the beginning; the outcome of these contracts would be written onto it's own blockchain by which it's history could be verified. They would delineate asset exchange information in an automatic fashion tracking the history of Goods and Services.

and that's it, anymore would require the Blockchain system to have a stronger following, access to resources, services etc because what is the government after all? It is simply a system by which we put a  % of our resources into a blackbox for allocation into various services for a broad category of individuals.

Many of these services are strictly necessary, they can't be optional because of peoples tendency to subvert the system.

Accreditation: OpenBadges will solve this one.
Contract dispute resolution: well thought out smart contracts should resolve this.
Personal Security & Defence: foreign and domestic defense to overwhelm any force trespassing against ones rights & security.
Judicial Compliance: Have to make sure everyone is honest and complying with regulations.
Global Monitoring: The Blockchain can help us with this, but not if individual producers or cartels are manipulating the data.
Health & Safety: It's always nice that there is someone out there looking out for your health regardless of situation.
 
The Decentralized aspect of the DAG is that it could potentially watch out for you in all these respects as necessary like a Global Insurance. for example: if you are in a different country and have paid your dues you have access to Medical services, Search & Rescue, Legal Defense, PMC backing, Scientific analysis services, Criminal investigation services, etc all services that you pay your taxes for would be immediately available regardless of Age, Sex, Nationality, Religion, etc in essence every member would be fully backed by the DAG. All these services once executed would be marked on the blockchain to maintain a historical record, in case something happens to you, the investigators would transcribe what happened to you on the blockchain.

Resolving these last vestiges of the DAG would require technology we have but is not fully developed.
Health monitoring sensors embedded onto a person to diagnose your health.
Personal safety drones that can be securely regulated to monitor your safety and security directly by you... think of it as your smart phone with a neuromorphic chip helping your digital assistant keep you safe. Think of Halo, where the AI points out that there is a gun pointed at OUR head, because it is part of you.
Armed Military Security Drones to help keep you safe in remote regions and if necessary keep investigators safe to determine who or what got you.
Automatic assembly and deployment of Global sensors to fill gaps in Citizens knowledge.

and others that require Star Wars level of technology a good 15 years worth of development or serious policy development.

Yes, We can assemble it now and it would not require much, just linking everything currently built together into a common API.

I had a post that described the eventual creation of this system, but I described it as beginning to emerge naturally, organically from the communities needs.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=854133.0

The blockchain does not have to be Digital, it can also be physical: Barcodes with Hash and blockchain information stamped into products, each hash a hash of the previous product to determine lineage from the factory, Objects that form physical 3d hashes of information acting as keys that open or prove information.

There are a lot of Blockchain 2.0 applications that are beginning to bridge the divide: Ripple, NXT, Ethereum, Open Transactions, etc limited at the moment as those examples are, they are harbingers of what is coming next, far more robust systems applied to more and more.

The DAG changes everything.

It functions on the best answers, in the beginning yes it will be painful if we begin from scratch... but if we wish to see farther we will have to stand on the shoulders of giants... the 15,000 years of recorded Human history to guide us. The Blockchain has a long memory, verified facts on every important bit of information would be on it, with access to multiple sources of data made by scientists, businesses, industries and other sources of information.

When we have access to decentralized databases recording the state of our civilization the DAG will be able to show us this information instantly, helping guide us to actionable information. If a wrong decision is made in one of the DAG's policies/choices, society will be equipped, educated and aware enough to choose the next best solution and compare it to previous policies, in a scientifically rigorous manner... as we begin to automate more and more, the data analytics, algorithms, formulas can be automated to best inform citizens as well.

as we gain more and more data and record it into unforgeable, time stamped blockchains, it become harder and harder to falsify information so we can honestly see what truly is the best answer without opinion or bias, the facts will be available to everyone.

for example, the industrial output of the world can be recorded and monitored in real time, data analytics is applied to the information and the answers are recorded on a blockchain for easy comparision by smart contracts, DACs and DAGs. The original information is compressed and stored for future analysis if it's authenticity is ever in question by anyone. Anyone in the world would be able to see this information and find out if it is true or not with minimal hassle, citizens may even make suggestions that bring new insight into the information. The heart beat of the world will be monitored in real time ready for entrepreneurs to solve tomorrows problems.

100 years from now after a century of blockchain technology, there would be millions of exabytes of data available about every industry, business, government, institution, corporation, society to be able to accurately see the impact that different policies had on a plethora of variables. All this would be instantly verifiable by the blockchains for authenticity, ready to be decompressed for further inquieries that could guide future policies.

I'm describing the world we live in now in the Modern World, there are records of everything, tons of data everywhere, but it is so damn hard to find anything meaningful to honestly find the answer to a question, and nine times out of ten your forced to concede that very likely there is no way to figure it out without solving it yourself.  It would be nice if things were solved once and applied whenever needed easily, but information fades, disappears gets corrupted or no one thought it was important enough to record.

That is the most important element, but for now the functions required for government are being assembled by third parties, when the best systems arise it'll form a balance, but until then it will be chaos. Considering how small the cryptocurrency community is it'll take decades to grow... plenty of time to get it right.

decentralized registries, it's a start, log vital information to be cross referenced, from there we can begin to link private, public, commercial databases(accounting, software compliance, security systems, educational, etc) to make sure that all smart contract information is measurable by software arbitration to maintain contract compliance.

There are incredible possibilities afoot, but the deep stuff, it's going to take a while. Lets simply bask in the knowledge that we are the first movers at understanding this and are already ahead of the game.

omg! lol!

well of course... you have privacy, the security checks are for you to be sure that your rights are being respected so... the crazy security blockchain works in the background it won't meddle in your life, but if you get robbed or someone is trying to take advantage of you, it will tell you immediately that the contract you are about to agree too is not legit that it does not follow the constitution blockchains regulations.

so, no one can find out what you own unless you reveal it; This is the miracle of homomorphic encryption not even the machine knows what you have, but it can figure out when things are wrong and will only reveal this information to others if you approve.

you would have your own private blockchain ledger that catalogs your habits, purchases, what you own... what I'm trying to say is that it's looking out for you, because what you know it knows too and can tell if you may be getting extorted or robbed and will inform security drones to come check up on you to make sure everything is okay only if you have it setup for that...

personal freedom is of the utmost importance, so only relevant things would be available to others, your employer will want to know if you have a drivers licence or if your qualified to run sophisticated machinery. This can easily be devulged by you to your employeer upon request of all relevant data, giving them a key to transcribe your encrypted blockchain information and to compare it to the public blockchains for safety... so

this is how it works, public blockchain ledgers with global information and your private blockchain keeping track, no one sees what's on your private ledger but every bit of information can be confirmed if you know where to look in the public blockchains. If there is a problem the trail of information can be verified very quickly within seconds by anyone at your approval.

so yeah, no 1984, your mom won't know your secrets, but everything that lets us establish trust in each other will be available at a moments notice to establish your reputation... we don't even need names with this blockchain system to tell you the truth, as long as you know your key, your golden, the web of information will tell people who you are.

It is simply a matter of time, the layers are being assembled.

The concept of a Decentralized Autonomous Government is already in the works and being built as we speak. The internet is a beautiful place a massive forum of information where simple questions are given and great answers are provided. The difference with the Blockchain based systems is that with a DAC it understands these questions and it adapts to them as best as it can.

So, if you figure out how to automate a specific function it is done... the accesibility of it guarantees that all people regardless of age, sex, race, nationality, or religion has access to that function... it is an amalgamation between a contract and a law; the best of both worlds.

we are beginning to take programming to the next level to the point of global transcendence; Creating functions on the internet that correlate to rights and responsibilities that can be monitored and executed at any time globally by a citizen.

This is a battle for the hearts and minds of all humanity.

for example what do we need to create a DAG? Automation and lots of it, all functions of government can be done online, automate them and integrate them into the machines that use the Blockchain, these blockchain machines are regulated by the blockchain so any that does not adhere to it's guiding principles will be devoid of updates from the network, Asimov would be proud.

These machines composed of accreditation and administration functions that can be executed by any citizen at any given moment, with a sufficiently integrated blockchain web can ascertain veracity by strictly adhering to true information held within the blockchain.

If the Bitcoin network makes it impossible to steal funds then the avenue of attack would be to rob the individual directly, to avoid that a security blockchain with sensor integration(cameras, microphones, Facial recognitiona, A.I) can see the robbery in action and record the tresspass forever on the blockchain; bypass that by doing these actions anonymously, countered by adhering to a cadre of blockchain regulated drones that monitor the security blockchain and hunt down the offending individuals, to avoid that offenders would fight back and of course they would face the blockchain regulated enforcement drones which follow strictly and unconditionally without fear the will of the people, protecting them unconditionally, bypassing that would be to attack the common sense of the people, perverting their choices for ill gain, which would be countered by a social information and education blockchain that gathers and exposes the true information of how the society is working to fully inform the citizens with honest, unbiased information, impossible to falsify.... and hence the blockchain begins to form a government and the biggest battle in human history begins.

 regardless of the level of corruption in the world, the blockchain with it's structure will correct and balance all forces... It does not forget, it does not forgive and it is legion... the network effect globally makes every attempt at corruption visible, every attack on the integrity of the network is recorded what works once will never work again once understood. slowly but surely each deviation against the will of the people is methodically routed out and eliminated.

Blockchain based government is a deep integration of every level of the human psyche. every facet of information is cataloged, categorized, correlated, integrated to everything else, the truth is understood to a transcendent level by the network... it knows when your lying and it knows when to hold you accountable.