902 sats \ 9 replies \ @Murch 7 Nov
I really don’t get it. Everything he’s been on about just sounds like a stream of bullshit to me.
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @ca 7 Nov
Thought the same.
His entire book feels like an poorly written undergrad essay. Poor logical reasoning skills and weak arguments.
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0 sats \ 6 replies \ @random_ 7 Nov
Everything?
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45 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 7 Nov
absolutely everything this CIA spook (Lowery) says is a total bullshit.
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @Murch 7 Nov
Yeah
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @random_ 7 Nov
Would that you never experience the same level of reductionism.
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14 sats \ 2 replies \ @Murch 8 Nov
Jameson’s review covers it more eloquently: https://blog.lopp.net/softwar-thesis-review/
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @random_ 8 Nov
where in this article might I find your opinion?
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17 sats \ 0 replies \ @Murch 8 Nov
I already provided my opinion: I have yet to hear or read anything from Lowery that I find remotely interesting.
At best those 400 pages should have been a long blog post.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @CruncherDefi 7 Nov
The way I understand it is that it builds on the idea of using bitcoin paywalls as a DDOS deterrent.
For example, if you require 1000 sats for trying to open an SSH connection to your machine you effectively limit capabilities of unwanted people connecting to you.
And if you think what kind of 'resource' makes sense for such use-case, bitcoin is the one.
It's neutral (for example if you would use USD for paywalling, US could attack you as many times as they want, because they can mint new units).
It's physics-bound, so there is upper bound of how many trials they can use (USD has no upper bound).
Think about 'waiting in a line to a doctor'. Can the doctor be DDOSed? Not really, his waiting room won't accommodate 1000000 people - there is not enough 'physical space' resource to fit that many people.
Because bitcoin is physics bound as well you can replicate this kind of limitations in the cyberspace in some sorts.
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39 sats \ 1 reply \ @freetx 7 Nov
Yes, I think the SpaceX model could be applied. Would probably be best choice.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @random_ 7 Nov
What it is, the SpaceEx model?
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3 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 7 Nov
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym 7 Nov
The US Hash Force
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satoshi__Nakamoto 7 Nov
What is this shit
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs 7 Nov
I'm so so looking forward to the coming four years...
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 7 Nov
who's Jason Lowery?
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Solomonsatoshi 7 Nov
He wrote a thesis on Bitcoin and its military/strategic potential while working for the US military- very interesting and complex theoretical stuff.
Links to his work available here-
https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinNewZealand/comments/15bkjyf/softwar_a_novel_theory_on_power_projection_and/
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 7 Nov
Oh! I've already posted (#737148) about that book but I didn't remember the name. Age doesn't forgive!
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Rsync25 OP 7 Nov
United States Space Force Officer
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 7 Nov
aka CIA spook
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