Proof-of-power (and PoW/PoS) as state without statism

in proofofpower •  6 years ago  (edited)

More state, not less state. I have made some posts about exactly that, "bitnation" used the "stateless" concept, I never have, and have now distanced my work from "bitnation" for that reason among others. Blockchains are clearly state technology, as "network-states" they have in theory more state than nation-states ever could have because they run on computers + mathematics/cryptography without biases. The Nakamoto consensus around a permissionless ledger is state without statism, what Paul Emile de Puydt defined as "panarchy" in 1860.

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off topic response: I find steemit.. kind of disappointing in terms of ability to reach people through the platform.

it was a first attempt at a web3 social network. it inspired this from me,
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327555990_Hominin_Evolution_Was_Caused_by_Introgression_from_Gorilla

so better than nothing