Bitcoin offers an opportunity for society to move toward systems of clear, easy-to-understand rules instead of our current system of rulers.
Human beings, for the most part, all know what fairness means. Of course, we don’t agree with one another: Who’s to say what is and isn’t fair? We don’t even agree on whether we should strive for a fairer world or just accept that it isn’t fair and get on with it.
But the vast majority of people have their understanding of the concept, even if it differs from everyone else’s. It’s the basis of what we generally refer to as our conscience and it forms part of our human nature.
It gives us a sense of right and wrong and can serve as a strong motivating force, sometimes even overcoming the drive for self-preservation, despite the fact that it’s often impossible to explain conscientious conclusions in rational terms.
Now, more than ever before, my conscience is telling me (with escalating urgency) that something is seriously wrong. And this thought isn’t new. It’s what led me to buy into bitcoin in the first place. Both financially and ideologically, perhaps before I even grasped the basics of the network. Some would call that irresponsible and perhaps it is, but it wasn’t the first time I made a decision based on conscience and it won’t be the last. More importantly, conscience is also what led me to namenska myself to spreading the adoption of Bitcoin.
There are more red flags than ever before, all over the place. Recent developments only serve to heighten the urgency of the feeling I almost started growing accustomed to, until it was ratcheted up by several notches in early 2020 and again early 2022. I’m reminded: “Do not become complacent. Stay focused on what you’ve come to understand about the problem.” That’s my conscience talking to me. And what it’s saying is summed up by what’s written between the lines of a recent članek shared by the Bitcoin rock star president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, in his tweet. His questioning attitude toward the article’s conclusion that Bitcoin is “making the world that bit harder to police” is on point.
Namen tega članka je resnično poskušati razjasniti in poenostaviti to točko, kar sem razumel o problemu, s katerim se soočamo. Ker brez razumevanja problema samo tečemo v krogu.
Težava je v upravljanju in dejstvu, da v sedanji obliki ni pošteno, ni pa samo po sebi tako. Problem je posledica dinamike globalnih igralcev, ki zasedajo nevzdržne položaje. In čeprav se morda vsi ne strinjamo s posebnim pomenom tega izraza "pravičnost", vključno z vsemi njegovimi tankočutnostmi, verjamem, da obstajajo nekatera osnovna načela, ki so v nas vtisnjena.
Now, take a deep breath and put your personal opinions on WikiLeaks aside. The problem (and solution) is neither WikiLeaks, nor the U.S. Government. In this context, it serves merely as an example to try and point at the problem, which is the dynamic at play: The people who have been put in the position of policing the planet also want to be a player in the game. And, if there’s one thing we can all agree on it’s this: When the referee starts kicking the ball around, the game has lost all meaning. Particularly if the referee is the strongest player on the field and, by virtue of being human, addicted to the most powerful drug of all, power itself.
Jasno je, da rešitev ni zamenjati to moč z drugo različico same sebe. Če bodo ZDA nadaljevale propadanje na svetovnem prizorišču, se zdi, da bo Kitajska prevzela njihovo mesto. Kot je poudarila Lyn Alden na nedavni "What Bitcoin Did” podcastKitajska je edina država, ki ima resnično korist od te sedanje vojne. Toda nihče ne želi živeti v svetu, v katerem prevladuje komunistična Kitajska in njeno popolno neupoštevanje svobode posameznika in človekovih pravic.
Namesto tega je rešitev lahko samo sprejetje sistemov brez ravnil. »Počakaj. Kaj?! Misliš anarhijo?!"
Ponovno globoko vdihnite in odložite tisto, kar mislite, da razumete o ideji sveta brez vladarjev. Tukaj ne predlagam nobene posebne rešitve. Poskušam le uokviriti možnosti.
Consider Bitcoin.
I am not suggesting that Bitcoin fixes everything. And I am not suggesting that the technology used in Bitcoin is in any way applicable to any other system. I am not even suggesting that there is a solution to the problem of governance because I don’t think there is one. Not yet.
Predlagam, da je zaznana potreba po vladarjih problem in ne rešitev, kot se zdi, da mnogi verjamejo. Jasno je, da se vladarji ne morejo držati pravil in namesto tega vladajo v skladu z lastnimi interesi in ne v interesu ohranjanja poštene igre.
While the solution may not be obvious, the direction we need to move in is clear. We have to move toward systems of rules instead of rulers. Thanks to Bitcoin such a system is no longer impossible to conceive of.
Bitcoin is just a computer protocol designed to account for sending and receiving payments. Nothing more. But seen from a more abstract perspective, it should be clear that it’s also an example of the kind of systems that must be built if we want to survive and thrive.
I don’t know what those systems are because they haven’t been built, not at scale anyway. But thanks to Bitcoin, I can hazard a guess at what they’ll look like when they are built. Their structures will be fair. It’ll be transparent. The rules will be clear, easy to understand but not easily changed. Participation will be voluntary. There will be enforceable rules, but those rules will not be enforced by individuals or small groups susceptible to the shortcomings of human nature.
Resnično upam, da bomo lahko zgradili te sisteme, ker alternative očitno ne delujejo. Če je kaj jasno, je to: človeški naravi ni mogoče zaupati pooblastila za nadzor.
To je gostujoča objava Hermanna Vivierja. Izražena mnenja so v celoti njihova lastna in ne odražajo nujno mnenj BTC Inc. oz Revija Bitcoin.
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