[Cryptography] Meet the New Owners (The Dangerous Blockchain)

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> From: Jon Callas
> Sent: Friday, 2 October 2026 21:52
> To: OCTADE <sub0 at octade.net>
> Cc: cryptography at metzdowd.com; Jon Callas <jon at callas.org>
> Subject: Re: [Cryptography] Meet the New Owners (The Dangerous Blockchain)
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> [Moderator hat on here -- idcc]
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> I approved this one, despite it being definitely on the line of on-topic. One of the rules here is that we're the cryptography list, as opposed to cryptocurrency, etc. > Cryptography is a technology that is about power, morality, and other things (c.f Rogaway's "The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work" and I'd rather err on being slightly too inclusive. Nonetheless, this could easily go into areas worth discussing, just not here.
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> Jon

Jon, I've failed to acknowledge how much I appreciate your technical knowledge and your way with words before. Here goes: I really appriciate both!
Crypto money, or Bitcoin as I like to call it, divides this list, I think. The dividing line being those who a) gained some wealth from it, and b) those who both didn't, and also choose to let that fact influence this list's content.

Honest regards
Sebastian Stache