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That's a simple fallacy, historically governments even hegemons, fail, in
fact it would be odd to assert that a government will not fail, therefore
ascribing godlike and limitless powers to a government is again the view of
either a shill or someone untutored in history.
On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 5:10 PM, NxtChg <nxtchg@hush.com> wrote:
>
> >Anyone who doesn't consider governments the proper threat model is either
> a shill or an idiot.
>
> You meant to say "threat". This is what threat model is:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threat_model
>
> Nobody here discounts governments as a threat.
>
> As to the "proper threat model", you can't construct one since your
> attacker is essentially unbounded.
>
> For example, any large government could easily obtain 51% of hash power
> and then only accept transactions from "certified services".
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">That's a simple fallacy, historically governments even=
hegemons, fail, in fact it would be odd to assert that a government will n=
ot fail, therefore ascribing godlike and limitless powers to a government i=
s again the view of either a shill or someone untutored in history.</div><d=
iv class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 20, 201=
5 at 5:10 PM, NxtChg <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:nxtchg@hush.co=
m" target=3D"_blank">nxtchg@hush.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote c=
lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;=
padding-left:1ex"><span class=3D""><br>
>Anyone who doesn't consider governments the proper threat model is =
either a shill or an idiot.<br>
<br>
</span>You meant to say "threat". This is what threat model is: <=
a href=3D"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threat_model" rel=3D"noreferrer" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threat_model</a><br>
<br>
Nobody here discounts governments as a threat.<br>
<br>
As to the "proper threat model", you can't construct one sinc=
e your attacker is essentially unbounded.<br>
<br>
For example, any large government could easily obtain 51% of hash power and=
then only accept transactions from "certified services".<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class=
=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Steven Pine<div>(510) 517-7075</=
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