gregorynyssa: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2020-10-22#1023458 << I appreciate your reply. the uncapped money-supply did strike me as a bit strange.
snsabot: Logged on 2020-10-22 12:02:36 asciilifeform: gregorynyssa: the technical details of the flimflammery could fill a hefty book. all sorts of wonders, from the uncapped monetary base, to the jawdroppingly-complicated and porous 'smart' instruction set, to... i've no intention of writing the book.
gregorynyssa: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2020-10-22#1023461 << this allegation of smart contracts being a clever device meant to complexify the concept of ownership (with an eye toward discrediting BTC in the long run) is interesting and merits some further investigation.
snsabot: Logged on 2020-10-22 12:07:27 asciilifeform: they were/are simply an instrument of the 'shell game' built into ethereum. primarily to complicate the matter of answering q's e.g. 'how much coin is there?' 'to whom does this-here coin belong?' but also to help in organizing 'jam tomorrow' mechanized chumpatrons of all types.
snsabot: Logged on 2020-10-22 12:08:48 asciilifeform: the use of the term 'contract', which traditionally refers to written agreements b/w ~people~ , to refer to entirely mechanical system, is also a (deliberate) abuse.
gregorynyssa: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2020-10-22#1023453 << I will read it later.
snsabot: Logged on 2020-10-22 09:36:49 thimbronion: gregorynyssa: have you read http://trilema.com/2012/gpg-contracts/?
gregorynyssa: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2020-10-22#1023455 << the way they handled the DAO theft was obviously incorrect. I supported the unforked chain (which adopted the name Ethereum Classic) for a time, but its advocates were not well organized.
snsabot: Logged on 2020-10-22 09:42:43 thimbronion: gregorynyssa: also surely there was some discussion of the dao hack and the reprecussions. Nothing fundamentally has changed about ETH since that particular smart contract was violated.
asciilifeform: gregorynyssa: plenty of material re subj in the old #t logs.
asciilifeform: $vwap
btcinfobot: The 24-Hour VWAP for BTC is $ 13129.98 USD
asciilifeform: !w poll
watchglass: Polling 16 nodes...
watchglass: 205.134.172.27:8333 : Alive: (0.047s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=654133 (Operator: asciilifeform)
watchglass: 108.31.170.3:8333 : (pool-108-31-170-3.washdc.fios.verizon.net) Alive: (0.101s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=654133 (Operator: asciilifeform)
watchglass: 205.134.172.4:8333 : (172-4.core.ai.net) Alive: (0.126s) V=70001 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.7.0.1/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=654133
watchglass: 205.134.172.26:8333 : Alive: (0.119s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=654133
watchglass: 54.39.156.171:8333 : (ns562940.ip-54-39-156.net) Alive: (0.112s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=654133
watchglass: 84.16.46.130:8333 : Could not connect!
watchglass: 205.134.172.28:8333 : Alive: (0.084s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Return Addr=0.0.0.0:8333 Blocks=652488 (Operator: whaack)
watchglass: 208.94.240.42:8333 : Alive: (0.146s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=654133
watchglass: 192.151.158.26:8333 : Alive: (0.213s) V=70001 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.7.0.1/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=654133
watchglass: 143.202.160.10:8333 : Alive: (0.243s) V=70001 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.7.0.1/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=654133
watchglass: 176.9.59.199:8333 : (static.199.59.9.176.clients.your-server.de) Alive: (0.273s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=391673 (Operator: jurov)
watchglass: 213.109.238.156:8333 : Alive: (0.327s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=654133
watchglass: 185.85.38.54:8333 : (tlapnet-38-54.cust.tlapnet.cz) Alive: (0.346s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=654133
watchglass: 185.163.46.29:8333 : Violated BTC Protocol: Bad header length!
watchglass: 205.134.172.6:8333 : Busy? (No answer in 120 sec.)