Re: <nettime> The Face Value of Bitcoin: Proof of Work and the Labour

[Dmytri Kleiner <dk@trick.ca>]

Sure, a blockchain without a cryptocurrency could work that way, but 
that would not accomplish the goals of the bitcoin creators.

You might be interested in Taler: https://taler.net/en/

Anyway, thanks for the feedback, if you're on twitter, would be awesome 
if you'd share it!

Where are you based these days?

Cheers.

On 2018-02-03 16:24, Douglas Rushkoff wrote:
> This is a fine analysis, Dymitri.
> Of course, where the blockchain could work would be to authenticate
> value exchange against some other unit of measurement. The whole thing
> becomes a ledger for Time dollars or some other metric.


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