No, but still you are not "open".

Source code is not "open", you can do what you want in your closed code and nobody can really control you (except governments of course).

Also, because you are not Open Source, governments can shut you down at any given time they want.

While much has been said kin this topic and i don't have time to read it(or even skim through it), I can say this:


This is FALSE. Big fat lie. (Actually, it's a double lie, because Ripple is neither first payment network or open)

Ripple is not open. It falsely suggests that it is by using the "open" word and additionally providing link to an open source repository.

This is the end of discussion for me. Ripple is not open. Ripple creators (OpenCoin) are liars. End of story.

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BTW, I am happy that somebody finally solved the big "Ripple Mystery" for me. I was wondering what is it for and why the hell would i use it (and for). Now I now I won't because it is a scam.

Go OpenTransactions, DIE ripple !

Hey, i was just wondering. Is anybody working on a cluster Bitcoin client yet ?

And by "cluster Bitcoin client" I mean:

- Works using networked sub-clients, each doing only part of the work (transaction signing / relaying / storing blockchain).
- Can be run on multiple machines utilizing all their processors and internet connections
- Can use multiple Internet connections at once
- Can be run on clusters, supercomputers, beowulfs, server farms etc.

Or maybe perhaps it has already been written, but I didn't notice it ?

I join the question.

Now the situation is different. They don't need any personal skills.

1. They will have a lot of money to vote with their wallets.
2. They have the Internet using which they can communicate with other people and shape their minds (already happening)
3. They will have companies & lawyers at their disposal so they can push legislation they want.

Yeah, they can "be had" because everybody needs money, but that does affect their opinions.
Just geeks' opinions on technological matters could change the future (or actually: are already changing).

Reason: most people don't understand technology, so they turn to geeks when they seek "guidance".

In fact, nope. I was In a hurry and I read without understanding. Sorry for that.
You are probably right it seems.

However most of you people are so pessimistic that I now regret creating this topic in the first place. It only made me feel worse.

So I guess Larry Page & Linus Torvalds also got "exploited easily" ? Is that what you want to say ?

Of course, not all of the geeks have to be famous & powerful, but they will vote with their (Bitcoin) wallets, and that is enough. Many IT geeks are already some of the most powerful people on this planet. And there will be more and more of them.

Also, many of these new geeks will be cryptoanarchist and/or libertarian - type guys, which do not like to be controlled & manipulated. This is where your theory falls short.

But the truth is - only the future will tell for sure.

OK, so bad choice of words on my side. I was talking about IT geeks, not nerds in general.

I changed the original post to reflect what I actually wanted to express.

I think the today's definition of "nerd" is no longer in sync with the dictionary definition. When people today think of "nerd", they visualise an IT, mathematics, physics or other science specialist.

@greyhawk

Man.

Hitler and Napoleon as Geek/Nerd examples ? I Mean, WTF - seriously ? What the hell is wrong with you ?
By "geek" or "nerd" i didn't mean people who are bullied at school and later take their anger on the world. I mean enthusiasts who are fascinated by new technology and spend a lot of time developing & upgrading it.

Examples:
Nikola Tesla, Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman, Steve Wozniak, Larry Page, Gavin Andresen, John Carmack, "Valve guys", Oculus Rift guys, young Bill Gates (somewhat). That kind of geeks.

Well, history is full of surprises.

You don't know anything about me. Don't assume anything.
Many people who meet me on daily basis think they know me, yet they don't.

The above has nothing to do with any fantasy. I'm just stating the inevitable. If Bitcoin will rule the world, so will geeks.
Just look at how much rise of the Internet has raised the geek social status. Bitcoin will increase it 10-fold or 100-fold.

Geeks will be the new high-standard which everybody will aspire to.

I am not actually producing anything so revolutionary here. Geeks are among the wealthiest people of the world. In my country, geeks are the people who earn the most money already. This is already happening

Source ?

I don't know, ask them.

Please elaborate ?

During random discussion it finally occured to me: Nerds & Geeks IT geeks/enthusiasts will rule the world in about the next 20 years. In my opinion, it is practically inevitable.

It is now pretty clear few basic technologies will be building blocks of the future and among them the 2 we already know:
- Internet: It has already changed the world. In the next 10-20 years practically EVERYTHING will be done using Internet to a some degree (if it already isn't ?). People won't know how to live without it. Internet is created & run by IT geeks.
- Bitcoin: It its highly probable that it will rewrite the whole financial system from the scratch, and with it - whole economy. And economy rules everything: from people, through companies to whole countries. Bitcoin is also run by IT geeks.

Some facts:
- Huge amount of financial wealth is already owned by IT enthusiasts because of new IT companies such as Google and Facebook.
- Because the IT enthusiasts rule the internet, they influence practically everybody's opinion
- The IT enthusiasts (including early adopters) will [probably] accumulate almost inconceivable amount of wealth because of Bitcoin. And people with the most wealth will rule
- The old people don't understand the new world and won't invest so much in new technologies (just look at Bloomberg/Fox Buisness interviews), so they will be gradually replaced by nerds on all positions of power

Also everybody should be actually quite happy with nerds as their new ruling elite. Reasons:
- Nerds IT geeks are smart.
- Nerds IT geeks are more logical than other people, so are less prone to manipulation
- Nerds IT geeks don't lust money as much as most other people (they care about gadgets and IT stuff instead).
- Nerds IT geeks don't lust power as much as most other people (they care about doing cool things with IT stuff instead). Which implies greater resistance to corruption.
- Nerds IT geeks actually know how to build, run & test complex systems, so if they were to rule globally, that would improve the world a lot (just look what the Internet has done already, and much much more can be achieved)

So if you are not an IT geek, you should welcome your new geeky overlords.

If you are an IT geek, you should prepare for the inevitable and try to be a good ruler for your future underlings.

I know all of this may sound funny, but I am actually quite serious.

But Bitcoin economy has much higher percentage of nerdism than normal economy. And many early adopters were nerds. And they will be almost unimaginably wealthy (think WHOLE-COUNTRY-BUYING-WEALTHY) once Bitcoin is globally used to buy groceries.

Everybody should be glad the nerds will be the new elite.

- We are smart.
- We don't care as much for money as most other people (we care about gadgets and IT stuff instead).
- We don't care as much for power as most other people (we care about doing cool things with IT stuff instead).
- We actually know how to build complex systems, so if we were to rule, that would improve the world a lot (just look what the Internet has done already)

NERDZ RLZ.

This is extremely paranoid even by my standards and I am quite paranoid.