Απλά φοβερό άρθρο που περιγράφει ακριβώς στο τι είναι το Bitcoin.
Bitcoin's Anarchy Is a Feature, Not a Bughttps://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-03-14/bitcoin-blockchain-demonstrates-the-value-of-anarchy#ooThe Bitcoin blockchain, which records and secures all transactions in the digital currency, is anarchic by design
The idea that a $160 billion cryptocurrency is controlled by a software protocol running on autopilot is discomfiting to some. There’s no one to appeal to in case of theft or fraud or major malfunction.
Social consensus is a sloppy and ill-defined process, especially when it comes to a cryptocurrency that spans multiple countries, languages and jurisdictions. More often than not, it ends in deadlock. This is not entirely unintentional. Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator once stated: “Once version 0.1 was released, the core design was set in stone for the rest of its lifetime.” Most recently, stakeholders spent years arguing over how to improve Bitcoin’s transaction throughput, spawning multiple offshoots made up of disgruntled users.
The fact that Bitcoin was designed to confound human decision-making is a feature, not a flaw.
