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> Something that could potentially govern people's lives (i.e.

> Something that could potentially govern people's lives (i.e. a new kind of currency) that they have no say at all in operating? Aren't you talking about the USD here? How do you have any say at all in what the Federal Reserve decides? Bitcoin, on the other hand, is open source. If it doesn't work for you, at least you can fork it and change it, or use another cryptocurrency just as easily (and many people have). Do you think Venezuelans like that their currency inflation will be more than 200% this year? But hey, their currency is democratic so by definition it must be good and everybody should use it, right? And yes, it is indeed possible to directly vote on Bitcoin policy changes (not that it's necessarily a good idea). Just take a look at some of the proposals about the on-going block size increase discussion.

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> Something that could potentially govern people's lives (i.e.

wizemanJun 14, 2015, 1:57 AM

> Something that could potentially govern people's lives (i.e. a new kind of currency) that they have no say at all in operating? Aren't you talking about the USD here? How do you have any say at all in what the Federal Reserve decides? Bitcoin, on the other hand, is open source. If it doesn't work for you, at least you can fork it and change it, or use another cryptocurrency just as easily (and many people have). Do you think Venezuelans like that their currency inflation will be more than 200% this year? But hey, their currency is democratic so by definition it must be good and everybody should use it, right? And yes, it is indeed possible to directly vote on Bitcoin policy changes (not that it's necessarily a good idea). Just take a look at some of the proposals about the on-going block size increase discussion.

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